'But no one in my family has been to university' aiming higher: School students' attitudes to higher education

Australian Educational Researcher

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 69-90

  Maras, Pam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 42149107377     PISSN: 03116999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03216866     Document Type: Article

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