Benchmarking the student experience: The offshore campus experience

The TQM Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 585-597

  Sid Nair, Chenicheri ^a   Murdoch, Nicolene ^b   Mertova, Patricie ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Benchmarking; Continuous improvement; Individual perception; International organizations; Learning; Quality management; Student experience; Student experience surveys

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT; DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH; ENGAGING STUDENTS; INDIVIDUAL PERCEPTION; INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS; LEARNING; RESPONSE RATE; STUDENT ENGAGEMENT; STUDENT FEEDBACK; STUDENT LEARNING EXPERIENCES;

BENCHMARKING; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; RESEARCH; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; SURVEYS;

STUDENTS;

EID: 80455168336     PISSN: 17542731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17542731111175211     Document Type: Article

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