Access to higher education in China: Differences in opportunity

Frontiers of Education in China

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 227-247

  Wang, Houxiong ^a  

^a CENTRAL CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

access to higher education; differences in opportunity; mass higher education

Indexed keywords

EID: 79956283105     PISSN: 1673341X     EISSN: 16733533     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11516-011-0130-6     Document Type: Article

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