Opening up the road to nowhere: Problems with the path to mass higher education in Hong Kong

Higher Education

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 167-179

  Kember, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Articulation; Associate degrees; Community colleges; Hong Kong; Mass higher education

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951120491     PISSN: 00181560     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10734-009-9241-x     Document Type: Article

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