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Peer reviewedLang, Dwight – American Journal of Education, 1987
Analyzes a nationwide graduate student survey to examine the influence of social class, sex, race, undergraduate achievement, and rank of undergraduate institution attended on rank or prestige of their graduate school. The results represent a contradictory picture of stratification in the academic hierarchy and reflect specific mechanisms that…
Descriptors: Class Rank, Graduate Students, Higher Education, Racial Differences
