ERIC Number: EJ1057627
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2015
Pages: 14
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US Accreditation in Mexico: Quality in Higher Education as Symbol, Performance and Translation
Blanco-Ramirez, Gerardo
Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education, v36 n3 p329-342 2015
Quality practices in higher education involve more than mere compliance with standards and technical mandates; given the complexity of the decisions involved in quality in higher education, this concept, quality, can be analyzed as symbol and performance. This paper utilizes translation as heuristic to analyze the implementation of US institutional accreditation in Mexico. Such analysis unearths the power relations that underpin the emergent internationalization of quality practices in higher education.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Accreditation (Institutions), Higher Education, Educational Quality, Compliance (Legal), Heuristics, Institutional Characteristics, Program Implementation, Educational Practices, Quality Assurance, Case Studies, Context Effect, Language Usage, Academic Standards, College Administration
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Mexico; United States
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