Worlds of higher education transformed: toward varieties of academic capitalism

Higher Education

Volumn 73, Issue 6, 2017, Pages 813-831

  Schulze Cleven, Tobias ^a   Olson, Jennifer R ^b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSNABRÜCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Academic capitalism; Convergence; Divergence; Liberalization; State university relations

Indexed keywords

EID: 85014084664     PISSN: 00181560     EISSN: 1573174X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10734-017-0123-3     Document Type: Article

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