Transition to tertiary education in the arts and humanities: Some academic initiatives from Australia

Arts and Humanities in Higher Education

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 72-89

  Clerehan, Rosemary ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Arts; Australia; Disciplines; Higher education; Humanities; Initiatives; Online; Transition; Web

Indexed keywords

EID: 2942602947     PISSN: 14740222     EISSN: 1741265X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1474022203002001007     Document Type: Article

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