Academic understandings of and responses to bologna: A three-country perspective

European Journal of Education

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 392-404

  Sin, Cristina ^a,b  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Centre for Research in Higher Education Policies (CIPES)   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Academic perception; Bologna Process; Comparative higher education; Institutional implementation; Policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865305671     PISSN: 01418211     EISSN: 14653435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1465-3435.2012.01533.x     Document Type: Article

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