Assuring quality in transnational higher education: A matter of collaboration or control?

Studies in Higher Education

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 793-806

  Smith, Karen ^a  

^a GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Discourse analysis; Higher education; Internationalisation; Quality assurance; Transnational

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957891582     PISSN: 03075079     EISSN: 1470174X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03075070903340559     Document Type: Article

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