Does the development of mass education necessarily mean the end of quality?

Quality in Higher Education

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 71-79

  Lomas, Laurie ^a  

^a CANTERBURY CHRIST CHURCH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0037961387     PISSN: 13538322     EISSN: 14701081     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13538320220127461     Document Type: Article

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