Appreciating aspirations in Australian higher education

Cambridge Journal of Education

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 37-52

  Sellar, Sam ^a   Gale, Trevor ^a   Parker, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Appadurai; Aspiration; Equity; Higher education; Widening participation

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952971542     PISSN: 0305764X     EISSN: 14693577     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0305764X.2010.549457     Document Type: Article

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