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Higher Education Expansion in Brazil, Russia, India, and China

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Froumin, I., Platonova, D. (2017). Higher Education Expansion in Brazil, Russia, India, and China. In: Shin, J., Teixeira, P. (eds) Encyclopedia of International Higher Education Systems and Institutions. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-9553-1_51-1

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