Noise rather than numbers: Access to higher education in three European countries

Comparative Education

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 111-124

  Davies, Pat ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT EDUCATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EDUCATION ACCESS; HIGHER EDUCATION; INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON; POLICY IMPLICATION;

EUROPE, (WEST);

EID: 0029843858     PISSN: 03050068     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03050069628957     Document Type: Article

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