The stratification of universities: Structural inequality in Canada and the United States

Research in Social Stratification and Mobility

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 143-158

  Davies, Scott ^a   Zarifa, David ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NIPISSING UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Higher education; Inequality; Stratification; Universities

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857716386     PISSN: 02765624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rssm.2011.05.003     Document Type: Article

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