The adjustment of overseas students at a tertiary institution in New Zealand

New Zealand Journal of Educational Studies

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 167-179

  Beaver, Bob ^a   Tuck, Bryan ^b  

^a UNITEC INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Foreign students; Higher education; Student adjustment; Tutorial programs

Indexed keywords

EID: 3042954067     PISSN: 00288276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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