Standards to assure quality in tertiary education: The case of Tanzania

Quality Assurance in Education

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 164-180

  Manyaga, Timothy ^a  

^a Department of Registration and Accreditation   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Quality assurance; Standards; Tanzania; Tertiary education; Training

Indexed keywords

EID: 43149114699     PISSN: 09684883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09684880810868448     Document Type: Article

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