Old wine in new bottles? A comparison of public and private accreditation schemes in higher education

Higher Education Policy

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 65-85

  Stensaker, Bjorn ^a   Harvey, Lee ^b  

^a NORDIC INSTITUTE FOR STUDIES IN INNOVATION   (Norway)

^b SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accreditation; Europe; Governance; Quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 33644915042     PISSN: 09528733     EISSN: 17403863     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.hep.8300110     Document Type: Article

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