College tuition and perceptions of private university quality

International Journal of Educational Management

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 304-316

  Tang, Thomas Li Ping ^a   Tang, David Shin Hsiung ^b   Tang, Cindy Shin Yi ^c  

^a MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Senior Analyst at Allied Capital   (United States)

^c Fort Oglethorpe   (United States)

Author keywords

Education colleges; Human resource management; Quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 33744824250     PISSN: 0951354X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09513540410543457     Document Type: Article

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