A conceptual framework to help evaluate the quality of institutional performance

Quality Assurance in Education

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 322-332

  Kettunen, Juha ^a  

^a TURKU UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Finland)

Author keywords

Higher education; Quality assurance; Quality audit; Strategic management

Indexed keywords

EID: 54049087387     PISSN: 09684883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09684880810906472     Document Type: Article

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