The Privilege of Ease: Social Class and Campus Life at Highly Selective, Private Universities

Research in Higher Education

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 426-452

  Martin, Nathan D ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

College satisfaction; Elite education; Extracurricular participation; Social class

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860117054     PISSN: 03610365     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11162-011-9234-3     Document Type: Article

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