The German “Excellence Initiative” and Its Role in Restructuring the National Higher Education Landscape

Structuring Mass Higher Education: The Role of Elite Institutions

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 113-127

  Kehm, Barbara M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KASSEL   (Germany)

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EID: 84921329071     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203889725     Document Type: Chapter

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