Times Higher Education 100 under 50 ranking: Old wine in a new bottle?

Quality in Higher Education

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 111-121

  Soh, Kaycheng ^a  

^a Freelancer Gerontological Designer   (Singapore)

Author keywords

citations; input output model; quality; research; teaching; university ranking

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875826416     PISSN: 13538322     EISSN: 14701081     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13538322.2013.774795     Document Type: Article

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