The quality of higher education and employability of graduates

Quality in Higher Education

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 297-313

  Støren, Liv Anne ^a   Aamodt, Per Olaf ^a  

^a NORDIC INSTITUTE FOR STUDIES IN INNOVATION   (Norway)

Author keywords

Country differences; Employability; Quality; Study programme

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957860991     PISSN: 13538322     EISSN: 14701081     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13538322.2010.506726     Document Type: Article

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