Assessment, accreditation, and evaluation of higher education in the US

Quality in Higher Education

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 5-19

  Ratcliff, James L ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33644900083     PISSN: 13538322     EISSN: 14701081     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1353832960020102     Document Type: Article

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