Administrative costs in higher education: How fast are they really growing?

Education Economics

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 123-137

  Hedrick, David W ^a   Wassell Jr , Charles S ^a   Henson, Steven E ^b  

^a CENTRAL WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXPENDITURE; HIGHER EDUCATION; PANEL DATA; PERCEPTION;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 61649125833     PISSN: 09645292     EISSN: 14695782     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09645290701523184     Document Type: Article

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