A framework of change for higher education in Palestine from the perspectives of top university administrators

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1998
El-Agha, Mohammed

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M. El-Agha, “A framework of change for higher education in Palestine from the perspectives of top university administrators,” Ph.D. - Doctoral Program, Middle East Technical University, 1998.