Japanese flagship universities at a crossroads

Higher Education

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 483-499

  Yonezawa, Akiyoshi ^a  

^a National Institution for Academic Degrees and University Evaluation Tokyo   (Japan)

Author keywords

Asia; Flagship universities; Globalization; International competitiveness; Japan; Research universities

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548387044     PISSN: 00181560     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10734-006-9028-2     Document Type: Article

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