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100 1 _aDill, David D.
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245 1 0 _aPublic Policy for Academic Quality
_h[electronic resource] :
_bAnalyses of Innovative Policy Instruments /
_cedited by David D. Dill, Maarja Beerkens.
264 1 _aDordrecht :
_bSpringer Netherlands :
_bImprint: Springer,
_c2010.
300 _aX, 271p.
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490 1 _aHigher Education Dynamics,
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505 0 _aProfessional (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.
520 _aThis 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 education in most countries has undergone significant change. This change, brought about by social demands for expanded access, technological developments, and market forces, has seen the traditional concerns with access and cost supplemented by a fresh concern with academic quality. As a result new public policies on academic quality assurance have rapidly emerged and migrated around the globe. However, the public debate about new academic quality assurance policies, both within and across countries, has not always been informed by reliable analyses of the strengths and weaknesses of these innovative instruments. It is this gap that the current edited volume seeks to fill. It is based on the work of the Public Policy for Academic Quality research program (PPAQ), which was designed to provide systematic analyses of innovative external quality assurance policies around the world. This volume, informed by key international scholars, presents the fourteen analyses conducted as part of the PPAQ research program. Each analysis examines the policy goals, implementation problems, and impacts of these newly developed national quality assurance instruments. The book concludes with an assessment of the lessons learned from these collected policy analyses and outlines the framework conditions that appear essential for assuring academic standards in the university sector.
650 0 _aEducation.
650 0 _aEducation, Higher.
650 1 4 _aEducation.
650 2 4 _aHigher Education.
650 2 4 _aEducational Policy and Politics.
700 1 _aBeerkens, Maarja.
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