Is education fever treatable?: Case studies of first-year korean students in an american university

KEDI Journal of Educational Policy

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 113-132

  Lee, Soojeong ^a   Shouse, Roger C ^b  

^a Korean Women's Development Institute   (South Korea)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

College choice; Education fever; Education policy; Educational culture; Educational decision; Shadow education

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957590295     PISSN: 17394341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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