Talking of students: Tensions and contradictions for the manager-academic and the university in contemporary higher education

Higher Education

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 289-314

  Johnson, Rachel N ^a   Deem, Rosemary ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Higher education policy; Higher education research; Institutional change; The student experience of higher education; University management; University students; Widening participation

Indexed keywords

EID: 1642460894     PISSN: 00181560     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025377826704     Document Type: Article

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