Persistent Inequality or Liberation from Social Origins? Determining Who Attends Graduate and Professional Schools in Canada's Expanded Postsecondary System

Canadian Review of Sociology

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 109-137

  Zarifa, David ^a  

^a NIPISSING UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 84864072820     PISSN: 17556171     EISSN: 1755618X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-618X.2011.01286.x     Document Type: Article

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