Factors influencing the higher education of international students from Confucian East Asia

Higher Education Research and Development

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 161-173

  Choi, Serene H J ^a,b   Nieminen, Timo A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b Worldsori International   (Australia)

Author keywords

Confucianism; East Asian attitudes to education; education and family; internationalisation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875198114     PISSN: 07294360     EISSN: 14698366     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07294360.2012.673165     Document Type: Article

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