Globalization of higher education and community colleges in vietnam

Community College Models: Globalization and Higher Education Reform

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 197-217

  Oliver, Diane E ^a   Thanh, Pham Xuan ^b   Elsner, Paul A ^d   Phuong, Nguyen Thi Thanh ^c   Trung, Do Quoc ^e  

^a EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Higher Education Department in Ministry of Education and Training   (Viet Nam)

^c Vietnam Education Foundation   (Viet Nam)

^d American Association of Community Colleges (AACC)   (United States)

^e CAN THO UNIVERSITY   (Viet Nam)

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EID: 84891472277     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-9477-4_12     Document Type: Chapter

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