Public Policy for Academic Quality Analyses of Innovative Policy Instruments /

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Dill, David D. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Beerkens, Maarja (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2010.
• Σειρά: Higher Education Dynamics, 30
• Θέματα: Education.; Educational policy.; ducation and state.; Higher education.; Higher Education.; Educational Policy and Politics.

This volume summarizes a significant body of research systematically analyzing innovative external quality assurance policies in higher education around the world. It will be essential reading for policy makers, administrators and researchers alike. Over the last decade the structure of higher educa...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Professional (Self) Regulation of Academic Quality
• External Examiner System in the UK: Fresh Challenges to an Old System
• The Teacher Education Accreditation Council (TEAC) in the USA
• Market Regulation of Academic Quality
• The CHE University Ranking in Germany
• The US National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE)
• The Course Experience Questionnaire, Graduate Destination Survey, and Learning and Teaching Performance Fund in Australia
• National Report Card on Higher Education in the USA
• State (Direct) Regulation of Academic Quality
• The Australian Qualifications Framework
• Subject Benchmarking in the UK
• Subject Assessments for Academic Quality in Denmark
• Education Quality Audit as Applied in Hong Kong
• The German System of Accreditation
• The Accreditation and Quality Processes of the General Medical Council in the UK
• Contracting for Quality Improvement and Financing in Public Universities of Catalonia, Spain
• The National Assessment of Courses in Brazil
• Reflections and Conclusions.