Parents in higher education: Impacts of university learning on the self and the family

Educational Review

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 449-465

  Wainwright, Emma ^a   Marandet, Elodie ^a  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Parents' own learning; Social mobility; Widening participation

Indexed keywords

EID: 77958591701     PISSN: 00131911     EISSN: 14653397     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00131911.2010.487643     Document Type: Article

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