Quality assurance in Europe and the U.S.: Professional and political economic framing of higher education policy

Higher Education

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 355-390

  Rhoades, Gary ^a   Sporn, Barbara ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Austria)

Author keywords

Global professional; Policy; Political economics; Quality assurance; Strategic management

Indexed keywords

EID: 0141679123     PISSN: 00181560     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1014659908601     Document Type: Article

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