Blurring boundaries: How the Bologna process changes the relationship between university and non-university higher education in Germany, the Netherlands and France

Studies in Higher Education

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 217-231

  Witte, Johanna ^a   Van Der Wende, Marijk ^b   Huisman, Jeroen ^c  

^a Bavarian State Institute for Higher Education Research and Planning (IHF)   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 45849127624     PISSN: 03075079     EISSN: 1470174X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03075070802049129     Document Type: Article

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