Foster Care and Higher Education

Adoption and Fostering

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 62-72

  Jackson, Sonia ^a   Ajayi, Sarah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

foster care; higher education access; longitudinal study; widening participation

Indexed keywords

EID: 40949130310     PISSN: 03085759     EISSN: 1740469X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/030857590703100110     Document Type: Article

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