Sets of standards for external quality assurance agencies: A comparison

Quality in Higher Education

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 227-233

  Aelterman, Guy ^a  

^a Accreditation Organisation of The Netherlands and Flanders (NVAO)   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Codes of practice; Guidelines; Operational standards; Quality assurance; Quality assurance agencies

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845528762     PISSN: 13538322     EISSN: 14701081     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13538320601050996     Document Type: Article

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