Credential stickiness: how initial educational sorting conditions the value of later credentials in Chinese graduate education

2026/07/24 by Haoshuang Wang
Social Sciences · #Card sorting #Credential #Credentialing #Educational attainment #Higher Education Governance and Development #Higher Education Research Studies #Higher education #Intergenerational and Educational Inequality Studies #Phenomenon #Status attainment #Value (mathematics)

paper · doi:10.1007/s10734-026-01727-w

published in Higher Education (Springer Science+Business Media)

openalex publication_date 2026/07/24 · openalex created_date 2026/07/25 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/26

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