The Impacts of State Control Policies on College Tuition Increase

Educational Policy

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 815-838

  Kim, Mikyong Minsun ^a   Ko, Jangwan ^b  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

control autonomy; public institutions; state tuition policies

Indexed keywords

EID: 84930513177     PISSN: 08959048     EISSN: 15523896     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0895904813518100     Document Type: Article

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