Growth, standards and quality: The case of coursework master's degrees

Quality in Higher Education

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 213-224

  Knight, Peter T ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 27944471649     PISSN: 13538322     EISSN: 14701081     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1353832970030302     Document Type: Article

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