TY  - BOOK
AU  - Westerheijden,Don F.
AU  - Stensaker,Bjørn
AU  - Rosa,Maria Joao
AU  - Stensaker,Bo·jrn
AU  - Rosa,Maria Joa~o
TI  - Quality assurance in higher education: trends in regulation, translation and transformation 
T2  - Higher education dynamics
SN  - 9781402060113 (hbk.) :
AV  - LB2331.62 
U1  - 378.107 WES 
PY  - 2007///
CY  - Dordrecht, London
PB  - Springer
KW  - Quality assurance
KW  - Congresses
KW  - Education, Higher
KW  - Quality control
KW  - Education
KW  - ukslc
KW  - Higher & further education, tertiary education
KW  - thema
KW  - Educational strategies & policy
KW  - Educational administration & organization
KW  - Education: examinations & assessment
KW  - Quality Assurance (QA) & Total Quality Management (TQM)
KW  - Douro
KW  - Higher education
N1  - Douro series--Cover; Includes bibliographical references; Introduction -- Don F. Westerheijden, Bo·jrn Stensaker, Maria Joa~o Rosa -- Part I: Regulation -- The public regulation of higher education qualities: rationale, processes, and outcomes. Douglas Blackmuir -- Will market competition assure academic quality? An analyisis of the UK and US experience. David D. Dill -- States and Europe and quality of higher education -- Part II.Translation -- Quality as fashion: exploring the translation of a management idea into higher education. Bo·jrn Stensaker -- The \'quality game\': external review and institutional reaction over three decades in the United States. Peter Ewell -- Analysing quality assurance in higher education: proposals for a conceptual framework and methodologicdal implications. Juan F. Perellon
N2  - By bringing together leading experts on quality assurance in higher education from seven countries, this volume intends to go several steps futher than most publications on quality assurance. It offers proposals for better focusing quality assurance in the future to address institutional challenges better
ER  -