National quality assessment systems in the nordic countries. developing a balance between external and internal needs?

Higher Education Policy

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 3-14

  Smeby, Jens Christian ^a   Stensaker, Bjørn ^a  

^a NORDIC INSTITUTE FOR STUDIES IN INNOVATION   (Norway)

Author keywords

Accountability; Evaluation systems; Higher education and the state; Quality assessments

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002286363     PISSN: 09528733     EISSN: 17403863     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0952-8733(98)00027-0     Document Type: Article

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