Collegiality and complexity: Humboldt's relevance to British Universities today

Higher Education Quarterly

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 224-236

  Elton, Lewis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 65249110455     PISSN: 09515224     EISSN: 14682273     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2273.2008.00388.x     Document Type: Article

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