Trance, transparency and transformation: The impact of external quality monitoring on higher education

Quality in Higher Education

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 151-159

  Stensaker, Bjørn ^a  

^a NIFU   (Sweden)

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EID: 28144464681     PISSN: 13538322     EISSN: 14701081     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13538320308158     Document Type: Article

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