Assessing the impact of socio-economic inequities on college enrolment: Emerging differences in the united Arab emirates

Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 459-471

  Aswad, Noor Ghazal ^a   Vidican, Georgeta ^a   Samulewicz, Diana ^a  

^a KHALIFA UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Engineering and technology (SET); Science; Socio economic status (SES)

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052660033     PISSN: 1360080X     EISSN: 14699508     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1360080X.2011.605221     Document Type: Article

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