The decision-making and changing behavioural dynamics of potential higher education students: the impacts of increasing tuition fees in England

Educational Studies

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 125-141

  Wilkins, Stephen ^a   Shams, Farshid ^a   Huisman, Jeroen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

decision making; higher education; student choice; tuition fees

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878152187     PISSN: 03055698     EISSN: 14653400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03055698.2012.681360     Document Type: Article

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