Guide to reform of higher education: A European perspective

Economic Policy

Volumn 21, Issue 47, 2006, Pages 535-592

  Jacobs, Bas ^a,b,c   van der Ploeg, Frederick ^a,b,c  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION POLICY; EDUCATION REFORM; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; HIGHER EDUCATION; RETURNS TO EDUCATION; UNIVERSITY SECTOR;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 33745957767     PISSN: 02664658     EISSN: 14680327     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0327.2006.00166.x     Document Type: Article

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