Between Mission and Market Position: Empirical findings on mission statements of German Higher Education Institutions

Tertiary Education and Management

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 57-77

  Kosmützky, Anna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KASSEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

higher education policy development; management; mission

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857321641     PISSN: 13583883     EISSN: 15731936     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13583883.2011.617466     Document Type: Article

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