Curricula for economic and social gain

Higher Education

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 565-588

  Yorke, Mantz ^a   Knight, Peter T ^b  

^a LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Curriculum development; Curriculum structure; Economic gain; Employability; Higher education policy; Social gain; Student learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645738689     PISSN: 00181560     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10734-004-1704-5     Document Type: Article

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