Academic and social integration in higher education: A survey of satisfaction and dissatisfaction within a first‐year education studies cohort at a new university

Journal of Further and Higher Education

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 179-193

  Rhodes, Christopher ^a   Nevill, Alan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 33744955047     PISSN: 0309877X     EISSN: 14699486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0309877042000206741     Document Type: Article

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