Quality assurance in engineering education: A comparison of EC-2000 and ISO-9000

Journal of Engineering Education

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 495-501

  Sarin, Sanjiv ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA A AND T STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; EVALUATION; QUALITY ASSURANCE; STANDARDIZATION; STANDARDS;

ACCREDITATION CRITERIA; EDUCATION PROGRAMS; EDUCATIONAL QUALITY STANDARDS;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

EID: 19544376815     PISSN: 10694730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.2168-9830.2000.tb00557.x     Document Type: Review

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