Changing facets of Korean higher education: Market competition and the role of the state

Higher Education

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 557-587

  Kim, Sunwoong ^a   Lee, Ju Ho ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^b Korea Development Institute   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Higher education; Korea; Regulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 33744548951     PISSN: 00181560     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10734-005-1044-0     Document Type: Article

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