Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ538381
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Publication Date: 1996
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Elite Education and Social Capital: The Case of South Korea.
Lee, Sunhwa; Brinton, Mary C.
Sociology of Education, v69 n3 p177-192 Jul 1996
Explores the relationships among South Korean students' access to social capital through their university (institutional social capital) and their families and friends (private social capital), and acquiring a good job. Discovers that prestigious university career placement counts for more than private social capital in the South Korean job market. (MJP)
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Careers, Education Work Relationship, Educational Attainment, Educational Benefits, Educational Sociology, Family School Relationship, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Prestige, Selective Colleges, Social Background, Social Capital, Social Class, Social Stratification, Sociocultural Patterns, Student Characteristics
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: South Korea
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