Managing differentiation of higher education system in Japan: Connecting excellence and diversity

Higher Education

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 507-524

  Kitagawa, Fumi ^a,b   Oba, Jun ^c  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Differentiation; Diversity; Excellence; Japan; University reforms

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951207070     PISSN: 00181560     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10734-009-9262-5     Document Type: Article

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