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Concerns with quality in higher education are not new; however, it was mainly since the late 1980s that the logic of accountability became inseparable from the higher education sector and the concerns with quality became more visible and relevant for universities, government and society as a whole.
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Manatos, M.J., Rosa, M.J., Sarrico, C.S. (2017). The Perceptions of Quality Management by Universities’ Internal Stakeholders. In: Deem, R., Eggins, H. (eds) The University as a Critical Institution?. Higher Education Research in the 21st Century Series. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6351-116-2_9
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