Black students' perspectives on learning assets at a former white university

Journal of Asian and African Studies

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 278-292

  Kamper, Gerrit D ^a   Steyn, Miemsie G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AFRICA   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Assets; black students; student development; student support; white universities

Indexed keywords

BLACK POPULATION; HIGHER EDUCATION; INSTITUTIONAL REFORM; LEARNING; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESEARCH WORK; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY SECTOR;

GAUTENG; PRETORIA; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 79958732936     PISSN: 00219096     EISSN: 17452538     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0021909610396172     Document Type: Article

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