Malaysia’s world-class university ambition: An assessment

Institutionalization of World-Class University in Global Competition

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 205-223

  Sirat, Morshidi ^a,b  

^a SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

^b Ministry of Higher Education   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Expense; Income; Malaysia; Metaphor; Pyramid

Indexed keywords

EID: 84912542363     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-4975-7_12     Document Type: Chapter

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