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Career Funneling: How Elite Students Learn to Define and Desire "Prestigious" Jobs

Career Funneling: How Elite Students Learn to Define and Desire "Prestigious" Jobs

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Career Funneling: How Elite Students Learn to Define and Desire "Prestigious" Jobs

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Full title

Career Funneling: How Elite Students Learn to Define and Desire "Prestigious" Jobs

Publisher

Los Angeles, CA: American Sociological Association

Journal title

Sociology of education, 2016-01, Vol.89 (1), p.20-39

Language

English

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Los Angeles, CA: American Sociological Association

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Contents

Elite universities are credited as launch points for the widest variety of meaningful careers. Yet, year after year at the most selective universities, nearly half the graduating seniors head to a surprisingly narrow band of professional options. Over the past few decades, this has largely been into the finance and consulting sectors, but increasin...

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Career Funneling: How Elite Students Learn to Define and Desire "Prestigious" Jobs

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TN_cdi_proquest_journals_1752178762

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_journals_1752178762

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ISSN

0038-0407

E-ISSN

1939-8573

DOI

10.1177/0038040715610883

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