Undergraduate students' performance: The case of University of Malaya

Quality Assurance in Education

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 329-343

  Alfan, Ervina ^a   Othman, Nor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Degrees; Malaysia; Performance measurement (quality); Students; Undergraduates

Indexed keywords

EID: 27844569459     PISSN: 09684883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09684880510626593     Document Type: Article

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