Grade inflation: Should we be concerned?

Journal of Nursing Education

Volumn 43, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 475-478

  Scanlan, Judith M ^a   Care, W Dean ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

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ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; COLLEGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NORMAL HUMAN; NURSING EDUCATION; QUALITY CONTROL; UNIVERSITY;

EID: 14644417887     PISSN: 00223158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/01484834-20041001-08     Document Type: Article

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