The impact of student experiences with diversity on developing graduate attributes

Studies in Higher Education

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 529-543

  Denson, Nida ^a   Zhang, Shirley ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cross cultural issues in teaching and learning; Diversity; Graduate skills; Internationalisation; Student engagement

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954972136     PISSN: 03075079     EISSN: 1470174X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03075070903222658     Document Type: Article

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