Different strokes for different folks: Diverse students in diverse institutions - experiences of higher education

Research Papers in Education

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 167-177

  Crozier, Gill ^a   Reay, Diane ^b   Clayton, John ^a   Colliander, Lori ^b   Grinstead, Jan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUNDERLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c Houghall Community College   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bourdieu; Higher education; Social class; Widening participation

Indexed keywords

EID: 61849143226     PISSN: 02671522     EISSN: 14701146     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02671520802048703     Document Type: Article

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