States and Europe and Quality of Higher Education

Higher Education Dynamics

Volumn 20, Issue , 2007, Pages 73-95

  Westerheijden, Don F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

External Quality Assessment; High Education; High Education Institution; High Education System; Quality Assurance

Indexed keywords

EID: 85103972909     PISSN: 15710378     EISSN: 22151923     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-6012-0_3     Document Type: Chapter

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