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Hit by a perfect storm? : Art & Design in the National Student Survey

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Hit by a perfect storm? : Art & Design in the National Student Survey. / Yorke, Mantz; Orr, Susan; Blair, Bernadette .
In: Studies in Higher Education, Vol. 39, No. 10, 2014, p. 1788-1810.

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Yorke, M, Orr, S & Blair, B 2014, 'Hit by a perfect storm? : Art & Design in the National Student Survey', Studies in Higher Education, vol. 39, no. 10, pp. 1788-1810. https://doi.org/10.1080/03075079.2013.806465

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Yorke, M., Orr, S., & Blair, B. (2014). Hit by a perfect storm? : Art & Design in the National Student Survey. Studies in Higher Education, 39(10), 1788-1810. https://doi.org/10.1080/03075079.2013.806465

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Yorke M, Orr S, Blair B. Hit by a perfect storm? : Art & Design in the National Student Survey. Studies in Higher Education. 2014;39(10):1788-1810. Epub 2014 Jul 24. doi: 10.1080/03075079.2013.806465

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Yorke, Mantz ; Orr, Susan ; Blair, Bernadette . / Hit by a perfect storm?  : Art & Design in the National Student Survey. In: Studies in Higher Education. 2014 ; Vol. 39, No. 10. pp. 1788-1810.

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