Fair access, achievement and geography: Explaining the association between social class and students' choice of university

Studies in Higher Education

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 335-350

  Mangan, Jean ^a   Hughes, Amanda ^a   Davies, Peter ^a   Slack, Kim ^a  

^a STAFFORDSHIRE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fair access; Multivariate model; University choice

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952019794     PISSN: 03075079     EISSN: 1470174X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03075070903131610     Document Type: Article

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