Ethno-Religious Differences in Israeli Higher Education: Vertical and Horizontal Dimensions

European Sociological Review

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 383-396

  Feniger, Yariv ^a   Mcdossi, Oded ^b   Ayalon, Hanna ^b  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

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EID: 84940199756     PISSN: 02667215     EISSN: 14682672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/esr/jcu092     Document Type: Article

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