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From Paper to Practice: Two Reforms and Their Consequences in Dutch Higher Education

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  1. Norwegian Institute for Studies in Research and Higher Education, Oslo, Norway

    Åse Gornitzka

  2. Centre for the Evaluation of Public Policy and Practice, Brunel University, Uxbridge, UK

    Maurice Kogan

  3. University of Porto and CIPES, Portugal

    Alberto Amaral

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de Boer, H.F., Enders, J., Westerheijden, D.F. (2005). From Paper to Practice: Two Reforms and Their Consequences in Dutch Higher Education. In: Gornitzka, Å., Kogan, M., Amaral, A. (eds) Reform and Change in Higher Education. Higher Education Dynamics, vol 8. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-3411-3_7

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