The Black Box Revisited; the Relevance of Theory-Driven Research in the Field of Higher Education Studies

Higher Education Dynamics

Volumn 9, Issue , 2005, Pages 213-226

  Maassen, Peter ^a   Stensaker, Bjørn ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Cultural Theory; High Education; High Education Institution; High Education Study; Internal Governance Structure

Indexed keywords

EID: 85103918882     PISSN: 15710378     EISSN: 22151923     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/1-4020-3504-7_13     Document Type: Chapter

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