The idea of quality in higher education: A conceptual approach

Discourse

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 15-28

  Filippakou, Ourania ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Discourse; Higher education; Ideology; Quality assurance; Quality enhancement

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957646373     PISSN: 01596306     EISSN: 14693739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01596306.2011.537068     Document Type: Article

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