Student engagement: Rhetoric and reality

Higher Education Research and Development

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 759-772

  Baron, Paula ^a   Corbin, Lillian ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

administrative practices; administrative staff; government policies; student engagement; university community

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870897567     PISSN: 07294360     EISSN: 14698366     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07294360.2012.655711     Document Type: Article

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