Catching up with harvard: Results from regression analysis of world universities league tables

Cambridge Journal of Education

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 121-137

  Li, Mei ^a   Shankar, Sriram ^a   Tang, Kam Ki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Academic ranking of world universities; Catching up; Ranking; Regression

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960262563     PISSN: 0305764X     EISSN: 14693577     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0305764X.2011.572865     Document Type: Article

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