The Impact of the European Standards and Guidelines in Agency Evaluations

European Journal of Education

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 577-587

  Stensaker, Bjørn ^a   Harvey, Lee ^b   Huisman, Jeroen ^c   Langfeldt, Liv ^a   Westerheijden, Don F ^d  

^a NORDIC INSTITUTE FOR STUDIES IN INNOVATION   (Norway)

^b Copenhagen Business School ^*  (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Assessment; Evaluation; Governance; Policy; Quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649476062     PISSN: 01418211     EISSN: 14653435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1465-3435.2010.01450.x     Document Type: Article

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