Accreditation of higher education in Europe - moving towards the US model?

Journal of Education Policy

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 757-769

  Stensaker, Bjørn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Comparative; Politics

Indexed keywords

EID: 80054020330     PISSN: 02680939     EISSN: 14645106     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02680939.2010.551785     Document Type: Article

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