Policies towards work-focused higher education - Are they meeting employers' needs?

Tertiary Education and Management

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 131-146

  Little, Brenda ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 21644477545     PISSN: 13583883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11233-005-0348-z     Document Type: Review

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