Designing the framework conditions for assuring academic standards: Lessons learned about professional, market, and government regulation of academic quality

Higher Education

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 341-357

  Dill, David D ^a   Beerkens, Maarja ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Academic quality assurance; Academic standards; Collective action; Higher education policy; Market regulation; Professional regulation; State regulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873717686     PISSN: 00181560     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10734-012-9548-x     Document Type: Article

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