Institutional isomorphism and the creation of the unified national system of higher education in Australia: an empirical analysis

Higher Education

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 439-453

  Croucher, Gwilym ^a   Woelert, Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dawkins reforms; Higher education financing; Higher education policy; Institutional isomorphism; System governance; Unified national system of higher education in Australia

Indexed keywords

EID: 84932175958     PISSN: 00181560     EISSN: 1573174X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10734-015-9914-6     Document Type: Article

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