Higher education change and professional-academic identity in newly 'academic' disciplines: The case of nurse education

Higher Education

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 117-133

  Findlow, Sally ^a  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Academic cultures; Higher education change; Knowledge regimes; New stratification; Professional academic identity

Indexed keywords

EID: 81255168126     PISSN: 00181560     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10734-011-9449-4     Document Type: Article

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