Chapter 2: Restructuring Higher Education in a European Context: Short- Cycle Higher Education in Flanders

Community College Review

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 133-150

  Kirsch, Magda ^a  

^a EDUCONSULT   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Bologna process; career and technical education; European Union; Flanders; national education policy; short cycle higher education

Indexed keywords

EID: 77958454971     PISSN: 00915521     EISSN: 19402325     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0091552110383974     Document Type: Article

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