The social representations of students on the assessment of universities' quality: The influence of market- and managerialism-driven discourse

Quality in Higher Education

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 281-296

  Cardoso, Sónia ^a   Santiago, Rui ^a   Sarrico, Cláudia S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

quality assessment; social representations; students

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867489820     PISSN: 13538322     EISSN: 14701081     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13538322.2012.730335     Document Type: Article

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