Assumptions commonly underlying government quality assessment practices

Tertiary Education and Management

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 263-285

  Schmidtlen, Frank A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

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EID: 29244491197     PISSN: 13583883     EISSN: 15731936     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13583883.2004.9967132     Document Type: Article

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