The strategy of selective excellence: Redesigning higher education for global competition in a postindustrial society

Higher Education

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 447-469

  Barrow, Clyde W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS DARTMOUTH   (United States)

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EID: 21344450273     PISSN: 00181560     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00137126     Document Type: Article

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