Frame factors and a quality assurance agency in an ‘embryonic’ higher education system

Quality in Higher Education

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 181-195

  Hopkin, Anthony G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOTSWANA   (Botswana)

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EID: 29244444034     PISSN: 13538322     EISSN: 14701081     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1353832042000299478     Document Type: Article

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