The U21 rankings of National Higher Education Systems: re-analyze to optimize

European Journal of Higher Education

Volumn 2, Issue 2-3, 2012, Pages 205-217

  Cheng, Soh Kay ^a  

^a Independent Education Consultant   (Singapore)

Author keywords

profiling; spurious precision; university ranking; world class universities

Indexed keywords

EID: 85006050773     PISSN: 21568235     EISSN: 21568243     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/21568235.2012.697695     Document Type: Article

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