Standards: The varying perceptions of senior staff in higher education institutions

Quality Assurance in Education

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 131-139

  Lomas, Laurie ^a   Tomlinson, Kevin ^a  

^a CANTERBURY CHRIST CHURCH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Higher education; Quality; Standards

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986131915     PISSN: 09684883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09684880010372725     Document Type: Article

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