Bridging socio-cultural incongruity: Conceptualising the success of students from low socio-economic status backgrounds in Australian higher education

Studies in Higher Education

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 939-949

  Devlin, Marcia ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

cultural capital; low socio economic status; socio cultural incongruity; student success

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880428310     PISSN: 03075079     EISSN: 1470174X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03075079.2011.613991     Document Type: Article

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