Quality assurance in higher education : trends in regulation, translation and transformation /

Other Authors: Westerheijden, Don F., Stensaker, Bjørn., Rosa, Maria João.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht, NL : Springer, c2007.
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. The public regulation of higher education qualities : rationale, processes, and outcomes / Douglas Blackmur
  • 2. Will market competition assure academic quality? : an analysis of the UK and US experience / David D. Dill
  • 3. States and Europe and quality of higher education / Don F. Westerheijden
  • 4. Quality as fashion : exploring the translation of a management idea into higher education / Bjørn Stensaker
  • 5. The 'quality game' : external review and institutional reaction over three decades in the United States / Peter Ewell
  • 6. Analysing quality assurance in higher education : proposals for a conceptual framework and methodological implications / Juan F. Perellon
  • 7. A self-assessment of higher education institutions from the perspective of the EFQM excellence model / Maria Joāo Rosa and Alberto Amaral
  • 8. Improved teaching and learning in higher education : can learning theory add value to quality reviews? / Vaneeta-Marie D'Andrea
  • 9. Transforming quality evaluation : moving on / Lee Harvey and Jethro Newton
  • 10. Conclusions and further challenges / Bjørn Stensaker and Maria Joāo Rosa and Don F. Westerheijden.