This paper reflect on the the use of implementation analysis as a means both for analysis and prediction of higher education reforms in Germany. It argues that the implementation approach is useful as an analytic tool but does not help determine the success or failure of reform.
Nerad, M. (1984). A New Magic Tool for Research in Higher Education or Why Don’t we Learn from History in the Case of the West German Gesamthochschule
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