A Critique of Institutional Inequalities in Higher Education:(or an Alternative to Hypocrisy for Higher Educational Policy)

Theory and Research in Education

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 31-48

  Leathwood, Carole ^a  

^a LONDON METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

equality inequalities; higher education universities; meritocracy; social class

Indexed keywords

EID: 84996164085     PISSN: 14778785     EISSN: 17413192     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1477878504040576     Document Type: Article

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