Gender and the 2003 Quality Reform in higher education in Norway

Higher Education

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 585-597

  Lehre, Anne Catherine ^a   Hansen, Arvid ^a   Laake, Petter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Gender differences; Intrasex variability; Relative percentage graphs; The Quality Reform; University grades; University of Oslo

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350153382     PISSN: 00181560     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10734-009-9211-3     Document Type: Article

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