National Evaluations as Governing Instruments: How Do They Govern?

Evaluation

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 427-438

  Segerholm, Christina ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

evaluation; higher education; meta study; national governance; utilization of evaluation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84937332836     PISSN: 13563890     EISSN: 14617153     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/13563890122209810     Document Type: Article

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