A taxonomy of the dimensions of accreditation systems

Social Policy and Administration

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 114-124

  Scrivens, Ellie ^a  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accreditation; Monitoring; Public policy; Standards

Indexed keywords

EID: 0003123282     PISSN: 01445596     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9515.1996.tb00431.x     Document Type: Article

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