The Australian higher education quality assurance framework: From improvement-led to compliance-driven

Perspectives: Policy and Practice in Higher Education

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 96-106

  Shah, Mahsood ^a   Jarzabkowski, Lucy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australian higher education quality assurance; quality assurance frameworks

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887977843     PISSN: 13603108     EISSN: 14607018     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13603108.2013.794168     Document Type: Article

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