Resource allocation models and accountability: A Jamaican case study

Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 245-259

  Nkrumah Young, Kofi K ^a   Powell, Philip ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Jamaica)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accountability; Governance; Higher education financing; Higher education management; Resource allocation

Indexed keywords

EID: 47749126144     PISSN: 1360080X     EISSN: 14699508     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13600800802155036     Document Type: Conference Paper

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