College students' evaluations of teaching and grade inflation

Research in Higher Education

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 483-501

  Eiszler, Charles F ^a  

^a CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Grade inflation; Student evaluations

Indexed keywords

EID: 0141514627     PISSN: 03610365     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1015579817194     Document Type: Article

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