Consultation and reliability of information sources pertaining to university selection: Some questions answered?

International Journal of Educational Management

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 279-291

  Veloutsou, Cleopatra ^a   Paton, Robert A ^a   Lewis, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assessment; Customer information; Higher education; Information media; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

EID: 20444471976     PISSN: 0951354X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09513540510599617     Document Type: Article

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