The College Application Gauntlet: A Systematic Analysis of the Steps to Four-Year College Enrollment

Research in Higher Education

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 506-549

  Klasik, Daniel ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Four year college aspiration; Four year college enrollment; Human capital model; Racial and income differences; Steps to college enrollment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862869764     PISSN: 03610365     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11162-011-9242-3     Document Type: Article

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