Privatising the public: Marketisation as a strategy in public university transformation

Research in Post-Compulsory Education

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-17

  Munene, Ishmael I ^a  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Globalisation; Higher education; Kenya; Marketisation; Privatisation; Transformation

Indexed keywords

EID: 39449129639     PISSN: 13596748     EISSN: 17475112     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13596740801903448     Document Type: Article

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