Institutional consequences of quality assessment

Quality in Higher Education

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 145-159

  João Rosa, Maria ^a   Tavares, Diana ^b   Amaral, Alberto ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^b Cipes ^*  (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Higher education; Quality assessment; Quality management

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749161097     PISSN: 13538322     EISSN: 14701081     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13538320600916759     Document Type: Article

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