Higher education in East Asia and Singapore: Rise of the Confucian Model

Higher Education

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 587-611

  Marginson, Simon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Asia Pacific; China; Comparative education; Confucian tradition; National systems; Private funding; Research; Role of government

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952817615     PISSN: 00181560     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10734-010-9384-9     Document Type: Article

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