Peering through the dust of construction: Singapore’s efforts to build WCUs

Institutionalization of World-Class University in Global Competition

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 225-236

  Ho, Kong Chong ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Banner; Dust; Europe; Stake

Indexed keywords

EID: 84912564858     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-4975-7_13     Document Type: Chapter

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