Bologna and quality assurance: Progress made or pulling the wrong cart?

Quality in Higher Education

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 63-66

  Huisman, Jeroen ^a   Westerheijden, Don F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bologna; Compliance; Quality assurance; Quality improvement

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951284616     PISSN: 13538322     EISSN: 14701081     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13538321003679531     Document Type: Article

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