Belonging in a learning community: The re-imagined university and imagined social capital

Studies in the Education of Adults

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 4-17

  Quinn, Jocey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

higher education; learning community; social capital; universities; women

Indexed keywords

EID: 48849099156     PISSN: 02660830     EISSN: 14789833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02660830.2005.11661504     Document Type: Article

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