Students’ perceptions of the evaluation of college teaching

Quality Assurance in Education

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 197-207

  Crumbley, Larry ^a   Henry, Byron K ^b   Kratchman, Stanley H ^c  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HOWARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Customer satisfaction; Evaluation; Higher education

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986145143     PISSN: 09684883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/EUM0000000006158     Document Type: Article

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