The relationship between selection processes of public trustees and state higher education performance

Educational Policy

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 830-853

  Minor, James T ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Governance; Higher education; State policies

Indexed keywords

EID: 53349145296     PISSN: 08959048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0895904807310040     Document Type: Article

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