How an engineering college uses a university's quality enhancement system to generate and manage evidence for multiple accreditation and accountability bodies

Quality in Higher Education

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 175-191

  Bender, Kim K ^a   Siller, T J ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Accreditation; Assessment; Engineering; Outcomes; Quality management systems

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749181558     PISSN: 13538322     EISSN: 14701081     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13538320600916791     Document Type: Article

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