From 'different but equal' to 'equal but different': Finnish AMKs in the Bologna process

Higher Education Policy

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 173-186

  Ahola, Sakari ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

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EID: 33749241680     PISSN: 09528733     EISSN: 17403863     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.hep.8300118     Document Type: Article

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