Socioeconomic diversity in selective private colleges: An organizational analysis

Review of Higher Education

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 71-104

  Hearn, James C ^a   Rosinger, Kelly Ochs ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

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EID: 84907017481     PISSN: 01625748     EISSN: 10907009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/rhe.2014.0043     Document Type: Article

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