European graduates' level of satisfaction with higher education

Higher Education

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-21

  García Aracil, Adela ^a  

^a INGENIO CSIC UPV Technical University of Valencia   (Spain)

Author keywords

Curriculum design and development; Student satisfaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 57349179936     PISSN: 00181560     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10734-008-9121-9     Document Type: Article

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