Troubling the concept of the 'academic profession' in 21st Century higher education

Higher Education

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 533-544

  Williams, Kevin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Academic; Higher education; Profession; University

Indexed keywords

EID: 54149110400     PISSN: 00181560     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10734-007-9109-x     Document Type: Article

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