Shaping institutional environments: The process of becoming legitimate

Review of Higher Education

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 301-318

  Rusch, Edith A ^a   Wilbur, Catherine ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b ROWAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 34147169880     PISSN: 01625748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/rhe.2007.0014     Document Type: Article

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