Students as “co-producers” of education: A proposed model of student socialisation and participation at tertiary institutions

Quality Assurance in Education

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 186-201

  Kotze T G ^a   Plessis, P J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Customer retention; Marketing concepts; Social marketing; Students; Tertiary education

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986064441     PISSN: 09684883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09684880310501377     Document Type: Article

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