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Quality assurance in higher education : trends in regulation, translation and transformation / Don F. Westerheijden, Bjorn Stensaker, Maria Joao Rosa editors.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Higher education dynamics ; 20 | Higher education dynamics ; v. 20Publication details: Dordrecht ; London : Springer, 2007.Description: 310 pISBN:
  • 9781402060113 (hbk.) :
  • 9781402060120 (e-book) :
  • 1402060114 (cased) :
  • 9781402060113 (cased) :
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 378.107 WES
LOC classification:
  • LB2331.62
Contents:
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.
Summary: 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.
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Long Loan TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone General Lending 378.107 WES (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 216454

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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.

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.

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