What future for student engagement in neo-liberal times?

Higher Education

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 693-704

  Zepke, Nick ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Elective affinity; Futures; Higher education; Neo liberalism; Student engagement

Indexed keywords

EID: 84939875345     PISSN: 00181560     EISSN: 1573174X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10734-014-9797-y     Document Type: Article

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