Ideologies of internationalisation and the treatment of diversity within Japanese higher education

Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 441-454

  Rivers, Damian J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Global 30 Project; Higher education; Internationalisation; Japan

Indexed keywords

EID: 77958596590     PISSN: 1360080X     EISSN: 14699508     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1360080X.2010.511117     Document Type: Article

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