Are education and efficiency antithetical?: Education for democracy vs the "cult of efficiency"

Journal of Educational Administration

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 160-173

  Boyd, William Lowe ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Economics; Education; Equity theory; Leadership; Management accountability

Indexed keywords

EID: 43149123275     PISSN: 09578234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09578230410525586     Document Type: Article

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