Regulating cross-border higher education: A case study of the United States

Higher Education Policy

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 147-172

  Lane, Jason E ^a   Kinser, Kevin ^a   Knox, Daniel ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross border higher education; Educational expansion; Regulation; USA

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877137069     PISSN: 09528733     EISSN: 17403863     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/hep.2012.23     Document Type: Article

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