Family background as a factor on giving up the opportunity to go to college in China

European Journal of Higher Education

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 382-395

  Wei, Jianguo ^a   Loyalka, Prashant ^a   Song, Yingquan ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

China; college entrance exams; family background (social class); HE expansion; the opportunity to go to college

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873588728     PISSN: 21568235     EISSN: 21568243     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/21568235.2011.644430     Document Type: Article

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