Faculty autonomy: Perspectives from Taiwan

Higher Education

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 203-216

  Dee, Jay R ^a   Henkin, Alan B ^b   Chen, Jessica Hsin Hwa ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c YUAN ZE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Autonomy; Decentralization; Faculty; Innovation; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

EID: 26444525761     PISSN: 00181560     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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