International aspects of quality assurance with a special focus on european higher education

Quality in Higher Education

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 233-245

  Van Der Wende, Marijk C ^a   Westerheijden, Don F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

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EID: 0003217813     PISSN: 13538322     EISSN: 14701081     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13538320120098113     Document Type: Article

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