To what extent does transnational communication drive cross-national policy convergence? The impact of the bologna-process on domestic higher education policies

Higher Education

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 77-94

  Voegtle, Eva M ^a   Knill, Christoph ^a   Dobbins, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bologna process; Convergence; Higher education policies; OECD countries; Transnational communication

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650196944     PISSN: 00181560     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10734-010-9326-6     Document Type: Article

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