Institutional audits: A comparison of the experiences of three South African Universities

Quality in Higher Education

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 29-53

  Botha, Jan ^a   Favish, Judy ^b   Stephenson, Sandra ^c  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Audit recommendations; External quality assurance; Institutional audit

Indexed keywords

EID: 46949087126     PISSN: 13538322     EISSN: 14701081     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13538320802054524     Document Type: Article

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