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  1. Faculty of Educational Studies, State University of New York at Buffalo, USA

    Philip G. Altbach (Director of the Comparative Education Center and Professor)

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He is also editor of theComparative Education Review. Author ofHigher Education in the Third World: Themes and Variations, University Reform: An International Perspective andHigher Education in American Society.

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Altbach, P.G. Key issues of textbook provision in the Third World. Prospects 13, 313–325 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02220426

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