Commencing student experience: new insights and implications for action

European Journal of Higher Education

Volumn 2, Issue 2-3, 2012, Pages 267-289

  Grebennikov, Leonid ^a   Shah, Mahsood ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

commencing student experience; student engagement and retention

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884264852     PISSN: 21568235     EISSN: 21568243     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/21568235.2012.683663     Document Type: Article

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