A comparison of ethnic minority and majority students: Social and academic integration, and quality of learning

Studies in Higher Education

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 253-266

  Severiens, Sabine ^a   Wolff, Rick ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

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EID: 45749098299     PISSN: 03075079     EISSN: 1470174X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03075070802049194     Document Type: Article

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