Cultivating faculty support for institutional effectiveness activities: Benchmarking best practices

Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 33-45

  Welsh, John F ^a   Metcalf, Jeff ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

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EID: 29844432885     PISSN: 02602938     EISSN: 1469297X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02602930301682     Document Type: Article

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