Accountability, Affordability, Access: A Review of the Recent Trends in Higher Education Policy Research

Policy Studies Journal

Volumn 39, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2011, Pages 93-112

  Conner, Thaddieus W ^a   Rabovsky, Thomas M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC RESEARCH; ACCESSIBILITY; ACCOUNTABILITY; EDUCATION POLICY; HIGHER EDUCATION; INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT; PLANNING THEORY; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; POLICY REFORM; RESEARCH WORK; THEORETICAL STUDY; TREND ANALYSIS;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 79952522864     PISSN: 0190292X     EISSN: 15410072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1541-0072.2010.00389_7.x     Document Type: Article

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