From Privatised to Hybrid Corporatised Higher Education: A Global Financial Management Discourse

Financial Accountability and Management

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 247-268

  Parker, Lee D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

government funding; higher education; New Public Management; private higher education; universities

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876972247     PISSN: 02674424     EISSN: 14680408     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0408.2012.00544.x     Document Type: Article

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