Choosing Canadian graduate schools from afar: East Asian students' perspectives

Higher Education

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 759-780

  Chen, Liang Hsuan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Attitude; College choice; Graduate education; International education; International students

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548791338     PISSN: 00181560     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10734-006-9022-8     Document Type: Article

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