Quality Assurance In Higher Education Trends in Regulation, Translation and Transformation /

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Westerheijden, Don F. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Stensaker, Bjørn (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Rosa, Maria João (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2007.
• Σειρά: Higher Education Dynamics, 20
• Θέματα: Education.; School management and organization.; School administration.; Educational policy.; ducation and state.; Assessment.; Higher education.; Higher Education.; Administration, Organization and Leadership.; Educational Policy and Politics.; Assessment, Testing and Evaluation.

By bringing together leading experts on quality assurance in higher education from seven countries (from Europe, the USA and South Africa), this volume intends to go several steps further than most publications on quality assurance. First, it brings together views from micro to macro levels in the m...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Regulation
• The Public Regulation of Higher Education Qualities: Rationale, Processes, and Outcomes
• Will Market Competition Assure Academic Quality? An Analysis of the UK and US Experience
• States and Europe and Quality of Higher Education
• Translation
• Quality as Fashion: Exploring the Translation of a Management Idea into Higher Education
• The ‘Quality Game’: External Review and Institutional Reaction over Three Decades in the United States
• Analysing Quality Assurance in Higher Education: Proposals for a Conceptual Framework and Methodological Implications
• Transformation
• A Self-assessment of Higher Education Institutions from the Perspective of the EFQM Excellence Model
• Improving Teaching and Learning in Higher Education: Can Learning Theory Add Value to Quality Review?
• Transforming Quality Evaluation: Moving On
• Conclusions and Further Challenges.