University rankings in critical perspective

Journal of Higher Education

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 544-568

  Pusser, Brian ^a   Marginson, Simon ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

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EID: 84879372649     PISSN: 00221546     EISSN: 15384640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/jhe.2013.0022     Document Type: Article

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