A system dynamics model for long-term planning of the undergraduate education in Brazil

Higher Education

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 375-397

  Strauss, Luísa Mariele ^a   Borenstein, Denis ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDADE DO VALE DO RIO DOS SINOS   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Developing countries; Higher education; Long term planning; System dynamics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84939881635     PISSN: 00181560     EISSN: 1573174X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10734-014-9781-6     Document Type: Article

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