Long-term strategic incrementalism: An approach and a model for bringing about change in higher education

Innovative Higher Education

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 111-124

  Evans, Norman ^a   Henrichsen, Lynn ^a  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Change; Higher education; Incremental; Strategic

Indexed keywords

EID: 47249152673     PISSN: 07425627     EISSN: 15731758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10755-008-9067-y     Document Type: Article

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