Satisfied with what? Contested assumptions about student expectations and satisfaction in higher education

Research in Post-Compulsory Education

Volumn 24, Issue 2-3, 2019, Pages 155-172

  Leach, Tony ^a  

^a YORK ST JOHN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bourdieu; Goffman; psychological contract; Student expectations and satisfaction; second chance vocational learners

Indexed keywords

EID: 85071076488     PISSN: 13596748     EISSN: 17475112     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13596748.2019.1596410     Document Type: Article

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