Individual and school factors affecting students' participation and success in higher education

Higher Education

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 613-632

  Shulruf, Boaz ^a   Hattie, John ^a   Tumen, Sarah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Higher education; Secondary schools; University

Indexed keywords

EID: 54149091615     PISSN: 00181560     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10734-008-9114-8     Document Type: Article

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