Back to school: An examination of the evening university and the caribbean’s nontraditional student

Journal of Continuing Higher Education

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 26-36

  Pragg, Karima ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

Author keywords

Caribbean; Motivation; Nontraditional student; Trinidad

Indexed keywords

EID: 84953864952     PISSN: 07377363     EISSN: 19484801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07377363.2015.998055     Document Type: Article

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