Supporting first-year students in the bachelor of arts: An investigation of academic staff attitudes

Arts and Humanities in Higher Education

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 293-312

  Waters, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Academics; Altitudes; First year; Learning support; University teachers

Indexed keywords

EID: 61049453534     PISSN: 14740222     EISSN: 1741265X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/14740222030023006     Document Type: Article

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