The academic life: Small worlds, different worlds

London Review of Education

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 251-261

  Locke, William ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Academic calling; Academic profession; Burton R. Clark; Case study approach; The Academic Life; US faculty

Indexed keywords

EID: 78149262345     PISSN: 14748460     EISSN: 14748479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14748460.2010.515124     Document Type: Article

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