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Kurlaender, Michal; Grodsky, Eric – Sociology of Education, 2013
Although some scholars report that all students are better served by attending more prestigious postsecondary institutions, others have argued that students are better off attending colleges where they are about average in terms of academic ability and suffer worse outcomes if they attend schools that are "out of their league" at which…
Descriptors: College Admission, Selective Admission, College Choice, Academic Ability