Sociological Stratification: Change and Continuity in the Distribution of Departmental Prestige, 1965-2007

American Sociologist

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 310-327

  Weakliem, David L ^a   Gauchat, Gordon ^b   Wright, Bradley R E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Department rankings; Faculty hiring; Matthew effect; Prestige

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865588875     PISSN: 00031232     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12108-011-9133-2     Document Type: Article

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