Higher education expansion and low-income students in Taiwan

International Journal of Educational Development

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 399-405

  Wu, Chih Chun ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHI NAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Financial constraints; Higher education expansion; Higher education stratification; Low income undergraduates

Indexed keywords

HIGHER EDUCATION; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY SECTOR;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TAIWAN;

EID: 67349281985     PISSN: 07380593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijedudev.2009.01.006     Document Type: Article

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