Quality assurance in higher education: Which pasts to build on, what futures to contemplate?

Quality in Higher Education

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 189-194

  Singh, Mala ^a  

^a Centre for Higher Education Research and Information   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Higher education; Quality assurance; Quality assurance pasts and futures; Quality assurance trends

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953674717     PISSN: 13538322     EISSN: 14701081     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13538322.2010.485735     Document Type: Article

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