The changing role of academic leadership in Australia and the Netherlands: Who is the modern dean?

Higher Education Dynamics

Volumn 33, Issue , 2010, Pages 31-54

  Meek, V Lynn ^a   Goedegebuure, Leo ^a   De Boer, Harry ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Chief Executive Officer; Department Chair; High Education; High Education Institution; High Education Sector

Indexed keywords

EID: 85103985435     PISSN: 15710378     EISSN: 22151923     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-9163-5_3     Document Type: Chapter

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