Conclusions and Further Challenges

Higher Education Dynamics

Volumn 20, Issue , 2007, Pages 247-262

  Westerheijden, Don F ^a   Stensaker, Bjørn ^b   Rosa, Maria João ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b NORDIC INSTITUTE FOR STUDIES IN INNOVATION   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

High Education; High Education Institution; High Education System; Quality Assurance; Report Card

Indexed keywords

EID: 85103942534     PISSN: 15710378     EISSN: 22151923     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-6012-0_10     Document Type: Chapter

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