Quality Assurance in an International Higher Education Area: A summary of a case-study approach and comparative analysis

Tertiary Education and Management

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 153-169

  Bernhard, Andrea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

diversity; higher education policy development; internationalization; national higher education systems; quality assurance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861933901     PISSN: 13583883     EISSN: 15731936     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13583883.2012.654504     Document Type: Article

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