Globalization, international rankings, and the American model: A reassessment

Higher Education Forum

Volumn 6, Issue , 2018, Pages 1-18

  Tierney, William G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

American model; Globalization; Tertiary education

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953992619     PISSN: 24329614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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