It’s more complex than it seems! Employing the concept of prosumption to grasp the heterogeneity and complexity of student roles in higher education

Higher Education

Volumn 81, Issue 5, 2021, Pages 935-948

  Dusi, Davide ^a   Huisman, Jeroen ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Higher education; Marketization; Prosumption; Students role

Indexed keywords

EID: 85087425887     PISSN: 00181560     EISSN: 1573174X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10734-020-00588-1     Document Type: Article

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