Transformation of university governance through internationalization: challenges for top universities and government policies in Japan

Higher Education

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 173-186

  Yonezawa, Akiyoshi ^a   Shimmi, Yukiko ^b  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HITOTSUBASHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Internationalization; Japan; University governance; World class universities

Indexed keywords

EID: 84937633500     PISSN: 00181560     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10734-015-9863-0     Document Type: Article

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