A review of Alberta's performance-based funding mechanism

Quality in Higher Education

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 37-50

  Barnetson, Robert J ^a  

^a Alberta Coll Inst Faculties Assoc   (Canada)

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EID: 0001950341     PISSN: 13538322     EISSN: 14701081     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1353832990050104     Document Type: Article

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