The difficulty in implementing TQM in higher education instruction: The duality of instructor/student roles

Quality Assurance in Education

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 324-338

  Meirovich, Gavriel ^a   Romar, Edward J ^b  

^a SALEM STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Higher education; Management roles; Students; Total quality management

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750618528     PISSN: 09684883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09684880610703938     Document Type: Article

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