Supporting mature-aged students from a low socioeconomic background

Higher Education

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 505-529

  Tones, Megan ^a   Fraser, Jenny ^a   Elder, Ruth ^a   White, Katherine M ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Employers; Family; Low socioeconomic status; Mature aged students; Non traditional students; Student marketing; Student support services; Study barriers

Indexed keywords

EID: 71449100297     PISSN: 00181560     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10734-009-9208-y     Document Type: Article

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