Educational quality, institutional accountability and the retention discourse

Quality in Higher Education

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 237-248

  Zepke, Nick ^a   Leach, Linda ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Accountability; Criticism; Diversity (student); Educational policy; Outcomes of education; Retention (of students)

Indexed keywords

EID: 37149017347     PISSN: 13538322     EISSN: 14701081     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13538320701800142     Document Type: Article

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