Institutional leadership and leeway-important elements in a national system of quality assurance and accreditation: Experiences from a pilot study

Tertiary Education and Management

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 107-120

  Askling, Berit ^a   Lycke, Kirsten Hofgaard ^b   Stave, Ola ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c Norwegian Council for Higher Education   (Norway)

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EID: 84978342470     PISSN: 13583883     EISSN: 15731936     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13583883.2004.9967121     Document Type: Article

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