How many universities are there in the United Kingdom? How many should there be?

Higher Education

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 649-663

  Tight, Malcolm ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Higher education institutions; Historical development; Massification; United Kingdom; Universities

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052034711     PISSN: 00181560     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10734-011-9411-5     Document Type: Article

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