Practical considerations when using benchmarking for accountability in higher education

Innovative Higher Education

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 117-128

  Achtemeier, Sue D ^a   Simpson, Ronald D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b Department of Higher Education and Science Education ^*

Author keywords

Accountability; Benchmarking; Higher education

Indexed keywords

EID: 22544440900     PISSN: 07425627     EISSN: 15731758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10755-005-5014-3     Document Type: Review

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