Continuous improvement framework: Implications for academia

Quality Assurance in Education

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 17-36

  Temponi, Cecilia ^a  

^a TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Continuous improvement; Higher education; Self; Stakeholder analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 19744368916     PISSN: 09684883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09684880510578632     Document Type: Review

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