The Times Higher Education ranking product: visualising excellence through media

Globalisation, Societies and Education

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 560-582

  Stack, Michelle L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

educational policy; higher education; marketisation; mediatization; multimedia research

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889037874     PISSN: 14767724     EISSN: 14767732     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14767724.2013.856701     Document Type: Article

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