Regulating higher education: Quality assurance and neo-liberal managerialism in higher education-A critical introduction

Policy and Society

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 155-166

  Jarvis, Darryl S L ^a  

^a THE EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Higher education; Higher education policy; Managerialism; Neo liberalism; Quality assurance; Regulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84922544961     PISSN: 14494035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polsoc.2014.09.005     Document Type: Article

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