Accountability, quality assurance and performativity: The changing role of the academic board

Quality in Higher Education

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 97-110

  Rowlands, Julie ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

governance; higher education; management; organisational change; quality assurance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859593980     PISSN: 13538322     EISSN: 14701081     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13538322.2012.663551     Document Type: Review

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