The quality assurance system for post-secondary education in Saudi Arabia: A comprehensive, developmental and unified approach

Quality in Higher Education

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 39-50

  Darandari, Eqbal Z ^a   Al Qahtani, Saleh A ^b   Allen, Ian D ^b   Al Yafi, Wafaa A ^c   Al Sudairi, Abdulsalam A ^d   Catapang, Joey ^e  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b NCAAA Consultant   (Saudi Arabia)

^c KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^d IMAM ABDULRAHMAN BIN FAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^e PRINCE SULTAN UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Developmental review; Excellence in Higher Education project; National Commission for Academic Accreditation and Assessment; Pilot review; Saudi quality assurance system

Indexed keywords

EID: 61649112007     PISSN: 13538322     EISSN: 14701081     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13538320902741806     Document Type: Conference Paper

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