Can Governments Improve Higher Education Through 'Informing Choice'?

British Journal of Educational Studies

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 261-276

  Davies, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

graduate premium; higher education; human capital; teaching quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866172817     PISSN: 00071005     EISSN: 14678527     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00071005.2012.715626     Document Type: Article

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