Quality Assurance in Higher Education

Contemporary Debates
1. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-1-349-47702-9
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan UK

Buch, Englisch, 255 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 3406 g

Reihe: Issues in Higher Education

This book weighs up the consequences of introducing Quality Enhancement and Risk Management as new dimensions in Higher Education quality control on a global scale. The authors include Chief Executive Officers of Quality Agencies, policy analysts and leading scholars in Quality Evaluation and Comparative Higher Education policy analysis.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Amaral, A.

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Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Schulen, Schulleitung Universitäten, Hochschulen
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Management
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik Bildungswesen: Organisation und Verwaltung
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Volkswirtschaftslehre Allgemein
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik Bildungssystem Bildungspolitik, Bildungsreform
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction; Maria João Rosa and Alberto Amaral 2. Where are Quality Frontiers Moving to?; Alberto Amaral 3. Quality Enhancement: a New Step in a Risky Business? A Few Adumbrations on its Prospect for Higher Education in Europe; Guy Neave 4. Transparency about Multi-Dimensional Activities and Performance. What can U-Map and U-Multirank Contribute?; Don F. Westerheijden 5. Assessment of Higher Education Learning Outcomes (AHELO): an OECD Feasibility Study; Diana Dias and Alberto Amaral 6. Risk, Trust and Accountability; Colin Raban 7. Risk Management: Implementation; Anthony McClaran 8. Quality Enhancement: an Overview of Lessons from the Scottish Experience; Murray Saunders 9. European Trends in Quality Assurance: New Agendas Beyond the Search for Convergence?; Bjørn Stensaker 10. Recent Trends in US Accreditation; Judith S. Eaton 11. Quality Assurance in Latin America; Maria José Lemaitre 12. The Academic Constituency; Maria João Rosa 13. Students' Views on the Recent Developments in Quality Assurance of Higher Education in Europe; Lylilya Ivanova 14. Recent Trends in Quality Assurance? Observations from the Agencies' Perspective; Achim Hopbach 15. The Swiftly Moving Frontiers of Quality Assurance; Alberto Amaral and Maria João Rosa

Über Autor(innen)

Diana Dias, Universidade Europeia, Portugal

Judith S. Eaton, Council for Higher Education Accreditation, USA

Achim Hopbach, University of Tübingen, Germany

Lilya Ivanova, University of National and World Economy, Bulgaria

María José Lemaitre, Development University Centre, Chile

Anthony McClaran, Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education, UK

Guy Neave, Centre for Research on Higher Education Policies, Portugal

Colin Raban, University of Derby, UK

Murray Saunders, University of Lancaster, UK

Bjørn Stensaker, University of Oslo, Norway

Don F. Westerheijden, University of Twente, Netherlands