Fighting for excellence: The case of the Federal University of Pelotas

Higher Education

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 321-341

  Santana, Silvina ^a   Moreira, Cristiane ^b   Roberto, Teresa ^c   Azambuja, Flávia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PELOTAS   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Brazilian universities; Higher education; Institutional and neo institutional theories; Model of excellence; Public administration; Quality management

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955306091     PISSN: 00181560     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10734-009-9302-1     Document Type: Article

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