New directions in quality management

Leadership and Management of Quality in Higher Education

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 169-185

  Coates, Hamish ^a  

^a Australian Council for Educational Research   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australian higher education; Changes and expansion in quality development; Continuous improvement; Evidence based approach; Feedback; Graduate skills; Quality enhancement tools; Student engagement; Student centredness

Indexed keywords

EID: 81355153661     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-1-84334-576-3.50011-X     Document Type: Chapter

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