Ethnic variation in higher education participation amongst males in the UK: the mediating effects of attitudes and prior attainment

Studies in Higher Education

Volumn 43, Issue 11, 2018, Pages 1895-1911

  Stockfelt, Shawanda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

attainment; Ethnicity; higher education participation; parental expectation; social class; structural equation model

Indexed keywords

EID: 85013367851     PISSN: 03075079     EISSN: 1470174X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03075079.2017.1290061     Document Type: Article

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