Widening participation, equalising opportunity? Higher education's mission impossible

Politics

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 93-100

  Hale, Sarah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HUDDERSFIELD   (United Kingdom)

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EDUCATION POLICY; HIGHER EDUCATION; HUMAN RIGHTS;

EID: 33645576027     PISSN: 02633957     EISSN: 14679256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9256.2006.00255.x     Document Type: Article

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