Returning to study in higher education in Ghana: Experiences of mature undergraduate women

Research in Comparative and International Education

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 400-414

  Adu Yeboah, Christine ^a   Forde, Linda Dzama ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE COAST   (Ghana)

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EID: 84855711967     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17454999     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2304/rcie.2011.6.4.400     Document Type: Article

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