Knaves or knights, pawns or queens?: An evaluation of Australian higher education reform policy

Journal of Educational Administration

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 86-97

  Dollery, Brian ^a   Murray, David ^a   Crase, Lin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Educational policy; Function evaluation; Higher education

Indexed keywords

EID: 31144459815     PISSN: 09578234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09578230610642674     Document Type: Article

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