The politics of quality assurance: The Australian quality assurance program for higher education, 1993-1995

Australian Journal of Education

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 168-182

  Harman, Grant ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Educational quality; Higher education; Interests; Performance indicators; Policy analysis; University outcomes assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035650328     PISSN: 00049441     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000494410104500206     Document Type: Article

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