Becoming a Mobile Student - a Processual Perspective on German Degree Student Mobility

Population, Space and Place

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 168-180

  Carlson, Sören ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Choice; Higher education; Migration; Mobility capital; Social embeddedness; Student mobility

Indexed keywords

HIGHER EDUCATION; INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION; MOBILITY; SOCIAL CAPITAL; STUDENT;

EUROPE;

EID: 84872179669     PISSN: 15448444     EISSN: 15448452     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/psp.1749     Document Type: Article

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