Sustainability of Western branch campuses in the Gulf Region: Students' perspectives of service quality

International Journal of Educational Development

Volumn 49, Issue , 2016, Pages 314-323

  Bhuian, Shahid N ^a  

^a SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

Author keywords

Branch campuses; Gulf region; Service quality; Transnational education

Indexed keywords

HIGHER EDUCATION; PERCEPTION; SERVICE SECTOR; STUDENT; SUSTAINABILITY; UNIVERSITY SECTOR;

QATAR;

EID: 84969203927     PISSN: 07380593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijedudev.2016.05.001     Document Type: Article

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