Higher education ranking and leagues tables: Lessons learned from benchmarking

Higher Education in Europe

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 71-82

  Proulx, Roland ^a  

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EID: 35648951724     PISSN: 03797724     EISSN: 14698358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03797720701618898     Document Type: Article

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