Success sustained? A follow-up study of the ‘destined for success?’ cohort

Research Papers in Education

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 235-253

  Power, Sally ^a   Whitty, Geoff ^b   Edwards, Tony ^c  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Educational pathways; Higher education; Longitudinal research; Middle class; Transitions

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986152894     PISSN: 02671522     EISSN: 14701146     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02671520600793732     Document Type: Article

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