Economic demand for higher education—a sound foundation for further expansion?

Higher Education Quarterly

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 89-109

  Keep, Ewart ^a   Mayhew, Ken ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0642381977     PISSN: 09515224     EISSN: 14682273     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2273.1996.tb01693.x     Document Type: Article

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