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Constructing Knowledge Societies? The World Bank and the New Lending Policy for Tertiary Education

Tor Halvorsen & Tom Skauge

  • Tor Halvorsen
    Tor Halvorsen
    Tor Halvorsen is a member of the Faculty of Social Science, Department of Administration and Organisation Theory, University of Bergen, Norway; e-mail: Tor.Halvorsen@aorg.uib.no
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    Tom Skauge i
    Tom Skauge is Head of Section, Dr. polit., Senter for internasjonalisering av høyere utdanning (SIU), Norwegian Centre for International Cooperation in Higher Education, Vaskerelven 39, Box 7800, N-5020 Bergen, Norway; e-mail: tom.skauge@siu.no
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Author Biographies

  • Tor Halvorsen

    Tor Halvorsen is a member of the Faculty of Social Science, Department of Administration
    and Organisation Theory, University of Bergen, Norway; e-mail: Tor.Halvorsen@aorg.uib.no

  • Tom Skauge i

    Tom Skauge is Head of Section, Dr. polit., Senter for internasjonalisering av høyere utdanning
    (SIU), Norwegian Centre for International Cooperation in Higher Education, Vaskerelven
    39, Box 7800, N-5020 Bergen, Norway; e-mail: tom.skauge@siu.no

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