Ranking the international dimension of top research universities in the United States

Journal of Studies in International Education

Volumn 11, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 330-358

  Horn, Aaron S ^a,b   Hendel, Darwin D ^a,c   Fry, Gerald W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b Postsecondary Education Research Institute

^c Higher Education Program

Author keywords

Evaluation; Higher education; Internationalization; Ranking; Strategic planning; Universities

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548334662     PISSN: 10283153     EISSN: 15527808     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1028315306294630     Document Type: Article

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