Research assessments and rankings: Accounting for accountability in "higher education ltd"

International Education Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 13-25

  Singh, Geeta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BALLARAT   (Australia)

Author keywords

Accountability; Accounting; Higher education; Performance; Rankings

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889666805     PISSN: 14431475     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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