Accountability in higher education: Bridge over troubled water?

Higher Education

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 529-551

  Huisman, Jeroen ^a   Currie, Jan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

academics; accountability; higher education policy; university management

Indexed keywords

EID: 8144228287     PISSN: 00181560     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:HIGH.0000046725.16936.4c     Document Type: Review

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