Rapid Expansion of Higher Education in Turkey: The Challenges of Recently Established Public Universities (2006-2013)

Higher Education Policy

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 21-39

  Özolu, Murat ^a   Gür, Bekir S ^a,b   Gümüs, Sedat ^c  

^a YILDIRIM BEYAZIT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NECMETTIN ERBAKAN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

access; expansion; higher education; massification; Turkey; universities

Indexed keywords

EID: 84958214781     PISSN: 09528733     EISSN: 17403863     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/hep.2015.7     Document Type: Review

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