The Cost of Prestige: Do New Research I Universities Incur Higher Administrative Costs?

Review of Higher Education

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2004, Pages

  Morphew, Christopher C ^a   Baker, Bruce D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

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EID: 1842682955     PISSN: 01625748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/rhe.2004.0005     Document Type: Review

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