Applying for Upper Secondary School under Uncertainty: The Impact of the New Reform
Written by Mikkel Høst Gandil and Mille Bjørk, The ROCKWOOL Foundation.
This content is only available in Danish (“Gymnasievalg i blinde: Svært at søge gymnasium med den nye reform”).
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