Accountability and learning assessment in the future of higher education

On the Horizon

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 57-71

  Malandra, Geri Hockfield ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Accreditation of prior learning; Assessment; Higher education; Management accountability; Tests and testing

Indexed keywords

EID: 44449173031     PISSN: 10748121     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/10748120810874478     Document Type: Review

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