A critical analysis of the INQAAHE Guidelines of Good Practice for higher education quality assurance agencies

Higher Education

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 723-734

  Blackmur, Douglas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Higher education quality assurance; International Network of Quality Assurance Agencies in Higher Education: Guidelines of Good Practice; Mutual recognition of higher education quality assurance agencies' decisions

Indexed keywords

EID: 54949158518     PISSN: 00181560     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10734-008-9120-x     Document Type: Review

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