Transnational higher education: Offshore campuses in the Middle East

Comparative Education

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 181-207

  Miller Idriss, Cynthia ^a   Hanauer, Elizabeth ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT; HIGHER EDUCATION; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; UNIVERSITY SECTOR;

MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 79959240811     PISSN: 03050068     EISSN: 13600486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03050068.2011.553935     Document Type: Article

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