South Korean higher education internationalization policies: Perceptions and experiences

Asia Pacific Education Review

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 387-401

  Palmer, John D ^a   Cho, Young Ha ^b  

^a Center for Language and Brain   (United States)

^b Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Asia; Comparative and international education; Globalization; Higher education; Internationalization; South Korea

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866973316     PISSN: 15981037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12564-012-9204-2     Document Type: Article

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