Young people's entry into higher education: Quantifying influential factors

Oxford Review of Education

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 5-20

  Gayle, Vernon ^a   Berridge, Damon ^a   Davies, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0036004332     PISSN: 03054985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03054980120113607     Document Type: Article

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