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Accreditation and the Credit Hour

✍ Scribed by Jane V. Wellman

Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
2003
Weight
60 KB
Volume
2003
Category
Article
ISSN
0271-0560

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✦ Synopsis

Abstract

Accreditation, the process of peer review to ensure the quality of a degree program, has depended on institutions measuring degree content in student credit hours.

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