Policy scholars are from Venus; policy makers are from Mars

Review of Higher Education

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 119-132

  Birnbaum, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

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EID: 0034391522     PISSN: 01625748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/rhe.2000.0002     Document Type: Article

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