Mature student markets: An institutional case study

Higher Education

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 187-203

  Blaxter, Loraine ^a   Dodd, Kate ^a   Tight, Malcolm ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 21344447713     PISSN: 00181560     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02390444     Document Type: Article

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