The effects of accountability on higher education

Economics of Education Review

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 842-856

  Rezende, Marcelo ^a  

^a FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD   (United States)

Author keywords

Economic impact; Educational economics

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE; ACCOUNTABILITY; ECONOMIC IMPACT; EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT; HIGHER EDUCATION; STUDENT;

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EID: 77955429320     PISSN: 02727757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econedurev.2010.03.002     Document Type: Article

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