Institutional and managerial factors affecting international student recruitment smanagement

International Journal of Educational Management

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 593-605

  Ross, Mitchell ^a   Heaney, Joo Gim ^b   Cooper, Maxine ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (Australia)

Author keywords

Education; Recruitment; Students

Indexed keywords

EID: 34748864748     PISSN: 0951354X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09513540710822193     Document Type: Article

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