Validation and use of the CEQ in The Netherlands

Quality Assurance in Education

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 330-343

  Jansen, Ellen ^a   Van Der Meer, Jacques ^b   Fokkens Bruinsma, Marjon ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^c Department of Teacher Education ^*  (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Higher education; Quality evaluation; The Netherlands; Universities; Validation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884514441     PISSN: 09684883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/QAE-11-2012-0041     Document Type: Article

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