Access to higher education for Palestinians in Israel

Education, Business and Society: Contemporary Middle Eastern Issues

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 207-228

  Arar, Khalid ^a   Mustafa, Mohanned ^a  

^a Center for Academic Studies   (Israel)

Author keywords

Ethnic minorities; Gender differences; Higher education; Israel; Minorities; Palestinian minority; Social mobility

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872656352     PISSN: 17537983     EISSN: 17537991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17537981111159975     Document Type: Article

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