Problems of organising and reporting internal and external evaluation in developing countries: The case of Iran

Quality in Higher Education

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 207-214

  Bazargan, Abbas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

External assessment; Iran; Quality assurance system; Quality management; Self evaluation

Indexed keywords

EID: 37149037972     PISSN: 13538322     EISSN: 14701081     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13538320701800126     Document Type: Article

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