Undergraduates’ personal circumstances, expectations and reasons for attending university

Studies in Higher Education

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 2017, Pages 1373-1384

  Balloo, Kieran ^a   Pauli, Regina ^a   Worrell, Marcia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROEHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WEST LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

expectations of university; feedback; personal circumstances; reasons for attending university; teaching quality; transition

Indexed keywords

EID: 84945297131     PISSN: 03075079     EISSN: 1470174X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03075079.2015.1099623     Document Type: Article

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