Comparing universities: A case study between Canada and China

Higher Education Policy

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 339-354

  Lang, Daniel W ^a   Zha, Qiang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Higher Education; Institutional level; International Comparison; Methodology; Techniques of Comparison

Indexed keywords

EID: 12744262719     PISSN: 09528733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.hep.8300061     Document Type: Article

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