Transcending Borders and Traversing Boundaries: A Systematic Review of the Literature on Transnational, Offshore, Cross-Border, and Borderless Higher Education

Journal of Studies in International Education

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 8-33

  Kosmützky, Anna ^a   Putty, Rahul ^a  

^a International Centre for Higher Education Research Kassel (INCHER Kassel)   (Germany)

Author keywords

borderless higher education; cross border higher education; literature review; offshore higher education; transnational higher education

Indexed keywords

EID: 84954237986     PISSN: 10283153     EISSN: 15527808     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1028315315604719     Document Type: Article

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