Between good intentions and urgent stakeholder pressures: Institutionalizing the universities’ third mission in the Swedish context

European Journal of Higher Education

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 280-296

  Benneworth, Paul ^a   de Boer, Harry ^a   Jongbloed, Ben ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Engaged teaching and research; University missions; University strategic mission; University structure; University third mission

Indexed keywords

EID: 85032740961     PISSN: 21568235     EISSN: 21568243     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/21568235.2015.1044549     Document Type: Article

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