Quality assurance and the quality of university teaching

Australian Journal of Education

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 40-57

  Guest, Ross ^a   Duhs, Alan ^b  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Educational finance; Educational policy; Higher education; Performance criteria; Teaching effectiveness; University teaching

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038583856     PISSN: 00049441     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000494410304700104     Document Type: Review

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