Institutional autonomy and academic freedom in the nordic context-similarities and differences

Higher Education Policy

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-21

  Nokkala, Terhi ^a   Bladh, Agneta ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^b Agneta Bladh Evaluation AB Bruksstigen 7   (Sweden)

Author keywords

academic freedom; institutional autonomy; Nordic countries

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893768551     PISSN: 09528733     EISSN: 17403863     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/hep.2013.8     Document Type: Article

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