Accreditation and Educational Quality: Are Students in Accredited Programs More Academically Engaged?

SCHOLE: A Journal of Leisure Studies and Recreation Education

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 75-90

  Cole, James S ^a   Cole, Shu T ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accreditation; educational quality; student engagement

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889010701     PISSN: 1937156X     EISSN: 21624097     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1937156X.2008.11949611     Document Type: Article

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