Quality assurance in Australian higher education: Historical and future development

Asia Pacific Education Review

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 475-483

  Shah, Mahsood ^a   Nair, Sid ^b   Wilson, Mark ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Higher education; Quality assurance framework

Indexed keywords

EID: 79961170030     PISSN: 15981037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12564-011-9152-2     Document Type: Review

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