Nearing world-class: Singapore’s two universities in QSWUR 2015/16

Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 78-87

  Soh, Kaycheng ^a  

^a Independent education consultant ^*  (Singapore)

Author keywords

Academic excellence; indicator weights; regression analysis; weight discrepancy; world class universities

Indexed keywords

EID: 84958059894     PISSN: 1360080X     EISSN: 14699508     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1360080X.2015.1126897     Document Type: Article

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