Evaluating undergraduate education: The use of broad indicators

Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 23-39

  Donald, Janet G ^a   Denison, D Brian ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 0002967190     PISSN: 02602938     EISSN: 1469297X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0260293960210103     Document Type: Article

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