Cross-national differences in participating in tertiary science, technology, engineering and mathematics education

Comparative Education

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 329-350

  van Langen, Annemarie ^a   Dekkers, Hetty ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FEMALE EDUCATION; HIGHER EDUCATION;

BENELUX; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; NETHERLANDS; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; WESTERN EUROPE; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 23944500138     PISSN: 03050068     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03050060500211708     Document Type: Article

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