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Conference paper
College Choice as Capital Conversion and Investment: A New Model
The review of higher education, Vol.21(2), ED403785 (ERIC)
1998
Abstract
This paper evaluated a model of college choice based on perceived “capital conversion” benefits. Found that students attending elite schools based future expectations on cultural capital, while those at non-elite schools based expectations on economic capital.
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- Title
- College Choice as Capital Conversion and Investment: A New Model
- Creators
- Patricia M McDonough - University of California, Los AngelesAnthony Lising Antonio - Stanford UniversityErin McNamara Horvat - Temple University
- Publication Details
- The review of higher education, Vol.21(2), ED403785 (ERIC)
- Conference
- ASHE Annual Meeting (Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States, 06 Nov 1997–09 Nov 1997)
- Number of pages
- 35
- Resource Type
- Conference paper
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- School of Education
- Identifiers
- 991022040961904721