Fifteen years of quality in higher education

Quality in Higher Education

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 3-36

  Harvey, Lee ^a   Williams, James ^b  

^a Department of International Economics and Management   (Denmark)

^b BIRMINGHAM CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accountability; Accreditation; Audit; Defining quality; History of quality; Internationalisation; National qualifications frameworks; National quality systems; Performance indicators; Quality assurance; Quality improvement; Quality revolution; Trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951265012     PISSN: 13538322     EISSN: 14701081     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13538321003679457     Document Type: Editorial

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