Performance indicators in higher education: A survey of recent work

Oxford Review of Economic Policy

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1992, Pages 19-34

  Johnes, Geraint ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0002158846     PISSN: 0266903X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxrep/8.2.19     Document Type: Article

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