Educational development units in higher education: Much ado about something?

Quality in Higher Education

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 155-171

  Lueddeke, George ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0009430842     PISSN: 13538322     EISSN: 14701081     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1353832970030206     Document Type: Article

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