Spurs to higher things? mission statements of UK Universities*

Higher Education Quarterly

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 261-294

  Davies, Stuart W ^a   Glaister, Keith W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0348190960     PISSN: 09515224     EISSN: 14682273     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2273.1996.tb01706.x     Document Type: Article

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