Education hub at a crossroads: The development of quality assurance as a competitive tool for Singapore's private tertiary education

Quality Assurance in Education

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 79-94

  Lim, Fion Choon Boey ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Business performance; Private education; Quality assurance; Singapore; Students; Tertiary education

Indexed keywords

EID: 59949088114     PISSN: 09684883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09684880910929944     Document Type: Review

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