Quality in higher education: From monitoring to management

Quality Assurance in Education

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 5-14

  Cullen, John ^a   Joyce, John ^a   Hassall, Trevor ^a   Broadbent, Mick ^b  

^a SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Higher education; Performance measurement; Quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986019129     PISSN: 09684883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09684880310462038     Document Type: Article

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