Impact of excellence programs on Taiwan higher education in terms of quality assurance and academic excellence, examining the conflicting role of Taiwan's accrediting agencies

Asia Pacific Education Review

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 77-88

  Hou, Angela Yung chi ^a,b  

^a FU JEN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b Higher Education Evaluation and Accreditation of Taiwan   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Accreditation; Higher education; Quality assurance; Ranking

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858007147     PISSN: 15981037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12564-011-9181-x     Document Type: Article

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