Quality assurance in undergraduate education: Transformation of higher education policy in china

International Perspectives on Education and Society

Volumn 15, Issue , 2011, Pages 345-375

  Mohrman, Kathryn ^a   Wang, Yingjie ^b   Li, Xu ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

China; Higher education; Institutional autonomy; Quality assurance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864787542     PISSN: 14793679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1108/S1479-3679(2011)0000015016     Document Type: Article

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