The world-class league tables and the sustaining of international reputations in higher education

Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 55-66

  Tapper, Ted ^a   Filippakou, Ourania ^b  

^a Oxford Centre for Higher Education Policy Studies   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Collegiality; League table rankings; Research outputs; Student access; World class universities

Indexed keywords

EID: 61649112948     PISSN: 1360080X     EISSN: 14699508     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13600800802383091     Document Type: Article

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