Emigration for higher education: The case of palestinians living in Israel studying in Jordan

Higher Education Policy

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 358-380

  Arar, Khalid ^a   Haj Yehia, Kussai ^a  

^a BEIT BERL COLLEGE   (Israel)

Author keywords

emigration; gender differences; higher education; Israel; Jordan; Palestinians

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956926605     PISSN: 09528733     EISSN: 17403863     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/hep.2010.13     Document Type: Article

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