How can evaluation fail? The case of Italian Universities

Quality in Higher Education

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 157-173

  Minelli, Eliana ^a   Rebora, Gianfranco ^a   Turri, Matteo ^b  

^a CREMS Centre for Research on Health Economics Social and Health Care Management Carlo Cattaneo University LIUC   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Assessment evaluation; Institutional performance measures; Quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 51249117301     PISSN: 13538322     EISSN: 14701081     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13538320802278412     Document Type: Article

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