Mature women and higher education: reconstructing identity and family relationships

Research in Post-Compulsory Education

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 208-226

  Webber, Louise ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

college higher education; family relationships; identity; mature women; positioning; transformation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84932605809     PISSN: 13596748     EISSN: 17475112     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13596748.2015.1030260     Document Type: Article

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