Knowing the ‘unknowns’: Investigating the students whose social class is not known at entry to higher education

Journal of Further and Higher Education

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 347-357

  Harrison, Neil ^a   Hatt, Sue ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

applicants; higher education; social class; statistics; widening participation

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954202564     PISSN: 0309877X     EISSN: 14699486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03098770903266042     Document Type: Article

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