Internationalising higher education: Comparing the challenges of different higher education institutions in Malaysia

Asia Pacific Journal of Education

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 353-367

  Tham, Siew Yean ^a   Kam, Andrew Jia Yi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Case studies; Challenges; Higher education institutions; Internationalisation; Malaysia

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449672619     PISSN: 02188791     EISSN: 17426855     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02188790802468880     Document Type: Article

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