Criteria for accreditation in Vietnam's higher education: Focus on input or outcome?

Quality in Higher Education

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 123-134

  Nguyen, Kim D ^a   Oliver, Diane E ^b   Priddy, Lynn E ^c  

^a Institute for Educational Research   (Viet Nam)

^b NATIONAL LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Higher Learning Commission of NCA   (United States)

Author keywords

Accreditation processes; Accreditation standards; Quality assurance; Vietnam accreditation

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449592219     PISSN: 13538322     EISSN: 14701081     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13538320902995766     Document Type: Article

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