Quality assurance in higher education - practices and issues

International Encyclopedia of Education

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 377-383

  Dill, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic accreditation; Academic audits; Academic outcomes; Academic quality assurance; Academic quality rankings; Academic standards; Human capital; National graduate examinations; National qualifications frameworks; Performance indicators; Subject assessments

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874299057     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-08-044894-7.00833-2     Document Type: Chapter

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