Factors influencing the demand for higher education: The case of Cyprus

Higher Education

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 251-266

  Menon, Maria Eliophotou ^a  

^a CYPRUS COLLEGE   (Cyprus)

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EID: 21944448656     PISSN: 00181560     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1003047014179     Document Type: Article

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