Chapter 4: Short-Cycle Higher Education in the Netherlands: Adoption and Implementation of the New Associate Degree Qualification

Community College Review

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 176-195

  Daale, Hans ^a  

^a LEIDO: National Innovation and Expertise Centre for Lifelong Learning   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

associate degrees; national education policy; pilot programs; policy communities; short cycle higher education; The Netherlands

Indexed keywords

EID: 77958488372     PISSN: 00915521     EISSN: 19402325     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0091552110384258     Document Type: Article

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