That chameleon 'quality': The multiple and contradictory discourses of 'quality' policy in Australian higher education

Discourse

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 249-261

  Vidovich, Lesley ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

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EID: 3042825992     PISSN: 01596306     EISSN: 14693739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01596300120072400     Document Type: Note

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