The giants awake: Higher education systems in China and India

Economic and Political Weekly

Volumn 44, Issue 23, 2009, Pages 39-51

  Altbach, Philip G ^a  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 84879721521     PISSN: 00129976     EISSN: 23498846     Source Type: Journal    
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