Questioning Excellence in Higher Education Policies, Experiences and Challenges in National and Comparative Perspective /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Rostan, Michele (Editor), Vaira, Massimiliano (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Rotterdam : SensePublishers, 2011.
• Series: Higher Education Research in the 21st Century Series ; 3
• Subjects: Education.; Assessment.; Assessment, Testing and Evaluation.

Excellence in higher education is as old as university, but nowadays the concept is widely emphasized and its meaning has been redefined on the basis of different values and goals, especially those related to market. Excellence has become the meter on which institutions are assessed and public fundi...