Unpacking academic requirements: International students in management and education disciplines

Higher Education Research and Development

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 245-256

  Tran, Ly Thi ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Academic requirements; Academic writing; International students

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855534146     PISSN: 07294360     EISSN: 14698366     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07294360802183804     Document Type: Article

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