Has the Bologna process been worthwhile? An analysis of the Learning Society-Adapted Outcome Index through quantile regression

Studies in Higher Education

Volumn 41, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 1579-1594

  Fernandez Sainz, A ^a   Garcia Merino J D ^a   Urionabarrenetxea, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

academic achievement; competences; composite index; EHEA; outcome performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84922982130     PISSN: 03075079     EISSN: 1470174X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03075079.2014.988703     Document Type: Article

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