U3As in Australia and New Zealand: Society's $4 million bonanza

Comparative Education

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 235-247

  Swindell, Richard ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT EDUCATION; EDUCATION POLICY; ELDERLY POPULATION; VOLUNTARY APPROACH;

AUSTRALIA; NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 0032789001     PISSN: 03050068     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03050069928008     Document Type: Article

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