Fair access to higher education: A comparative perspective

Comparative Education Review

Volumn 57, Issue 3 SUPPL, 2013, Pages 359-368

  Mountford Zimdars, Anna ^a   Sabbagh, Daniel ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF PARIS   (France)

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EID: 84881467795     PISSN: 00104086     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/671194     Document Type: Note

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