High school course-taking and post-secondary institutional selectivity

Research in Higher Education

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 366-395

  Stearns, Elizabeth ^a   Potochnick, Stephanie ^b   Moller, Stephanie ^a   Southworth, Stephanie ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

College prestige; College selectivity; High school course taking; Racial differences in college attendance; Racial differences in course taking

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867892157     PISSN: 03610365     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11162-009-9161-8     Document Type: Article

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