Students' expectations of debt in UK higher education

Studies in Higher Education

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 848-873

  Bachan, Ray ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

debt expectations; higher education; student debt; tobit

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901634729     PISSN: 03075079     EISSN: 1470174X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03075079.2012.754859     Document Type: Article

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