Choices of degree or degrees of choice? Class, 'race', and the higher education choice process.
This paper draws on data from an on-going ESRC project on choice of higher education. It focuses primarily on the experiences of non-traditional applicants to higher education. Although these students are not typical of the entire university entrance cohort, their narratives raise important issues...
| Publicado en: | Sociology Vol. 35; no. 4; pp. 855 - 875 |
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Sage Publications, Ltd.
November 2001
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