Quality assurance reconsidered: A case study

Quality in Higher Education

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 263-273

  Gynnild, Vidar ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Accreditation; Audit; External assessment; Quality assurance; Self assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 37149008922     PISSN: 13538322     EISSN: 14701081     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13538320701800167     Document Type: Article

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