Why does the USA dominate university league tables?

Studies in Higher Education

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 923-937

  Li, Mei ^a   Shankar, Sriram ^a   Tang, Kam Ki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

data analysis; econometrics; economics; global education market; university ranking

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863382763     PISSN: 03075079     EISSN: 1470174X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03075079.2010.482981     Document Type: Article

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