Still balancing improvement and accountability? Developments in external quality assurance in the Nordic countries 1996-2006

Quality in Higher Education

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 81-93

  Danø, Trine ^a   Stensaker, Bjørn ^a  

^a NIFU STEP ^*  (Norway)

Author keywords

Accountability; Accreditation; Historic development; Improvement; Nordic countries

Indexed keywords

EID: 34147124293     PISSN: 13538322     EISSN: 14701081     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13538320701272839     Document Type: Article

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