Using Evaluation to Create ‘Provisional Stabilities’: Bridging Innovation in Higher Education Change Processes

Evaluation

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 37-54

  Saunders, Murray ^a   Charlier, Bernadette ^b   Bonamy, Joel ^c  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LUMIÈRE LYON 2   (France)

Author keywords

change; complexity; evaluation; higher education

Indexed keywords

EID: 30444433947     PISSN: 13563890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1356389005053188     Document Type: Article

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