Seeding change through international university partnerships: The mit-portugal program as a driver of internationalization, networking, and innovation

Higher Education Policy

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 217-242

  Pfotenhauer, Sebastian M ^a   Jacobs, Joshua S ^a   Pertuze, Julio A ^a   Newman, Dava J ^a   Roos, Daniel T ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Educational change; Higher education; Innovation; International partnership; Mobility

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877116444     PISSN: 09528733     EISSN: 17403863     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/hep.2012.28     Document Type: Article

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