Student-parents and higher education: A cross-national comparison

Journal of Education Policy

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 423-439

  Brooks, Rachel ^a  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

comparative; qualitative

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861211972     PISSN: 02680939     EISSN: 14645106     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02680939.2011.613598     Document Type: Article

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