Selling university reform: The University of Melbourne and the press

Studies in Higher Education

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 157-169

  Potts, Anthony ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

community; curriculum reform; employers; the Melbourne model; university

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858268201     PISSN: 03075079     EISSN: 1470174X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03075079.2010.502568     Document Type: Article

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