Development challenges, tuition barriers, and high school education in China

Asia Pacific Journal of Education

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 503-520

  Liu, Chengfang ^a   Zhang, Linxiu ^a   Luo, Renfu ^a   Rozelle, Scott ^b   Sharbono, Brian ^b   Shi, Yaojiang ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NORTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

China; Education; High school; Tuition

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860316005     PISSN: 02188791     EISSN: 17426855     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02188790903312698     Document Type: Article

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