Effectively Maintaining Inequality in Toronto: Predicting Student Destinations in Ontario Universities

Canadian Review of Sociology

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 22-53

  Davies, Scott ^a   Maldonado, Vicky ^a   Zarifa, David ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NIPISSING UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 84892754928     PISSN: 17556171     EISSN: 1755618X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cars.12032     Document Type: Article

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