University governance reforms: Potential problems of more autonomy?

Higher Education

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 503-517

  Christensen, Tom ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Control and autonomy; NPM; Transformative approach; University governance; University reform

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051665474     PISSN: 00181560     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10734-010-9401-z     Document Type: Review

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