Rethinking quality and improvement in higher education

Quality Assurance in Education

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 61-79

  Houston, Don ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Critical thinking; Higher education; Learning; Quality improvement

Indexed keywords

EID: 38749094885     PISSN: 09684883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09684880810848413     Document Type: Review

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