Educational access for Australia's rural young people: A case of social exclusion

Australian Journal of Education

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 5-17

  Alston, Margaret M ^a   Kent, Jenny ^a  

^a CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Access to education; Educational equity (finance); Postsecondary education; Rural students; Social discrimination; Student financial aid

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037569633     PISSN: 00049441     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000494410304700102     Document Type: Review

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