Learning to live with league tables and ranking: The experience of institutional leaders

Higher Education Policy

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 193-215

  Hazelkorn, Ellen ^a  

^a DUBLIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Ireland)

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EID: 43449111812     PISSN: 09528733     EISSN: 17403863     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/hep.2008.1     Document Type: Article

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