Factors influencing international students' choice of an education destination - A correspondence analysis

Journal of Marketing for Higher Education

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 31-46

  Shanka, Tekle ^a   Quintal, Vanessa ^a   Taylor, Ruth ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Correspondence analysis; Education destination; International education; International students; Positioning

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745627307     PISSN: 08841241     EISSN: 15407144     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J050v15n02_02     Document Type: Article

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