School-linking processes: Describing and explaining their role in the social closure of French elite education

Higher Education

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 39-57

  Buisson Fenet, Hélène ^a   Draelants, Hugues ^b  

^a University of Lyon 2 ENS Triangle   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Grandes coles; Preparatory classes (CPGE); School linking process; Selection; Social inequalities

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884987442     PISSN: 00181560     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10734-012-9587-3     Document Type: Article

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