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ERIC Number: EJ614942
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2000
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ISSN: ISSN-1011-3487
Quality Assurance Systems in Higher Education: Managing Change, Managing Tensions.
Newton, J.
South African Journal of Higher Education, v14 n2 p75-84 2000
Reports on a five-year ethnographic, longitudinal study of a British higher education college during a process of change in quality assurance. Identifies tensions experienced during the process and stresses the influence of context, the unpredictability of change, and the lack of simple prescriptions for managing change projects. (DB)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Change Strategies, College Administration, Ethnography, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Institutional Research, Longitudinal Studies, Program Evaluation, Quality Control, Self Evaluation (Groups)
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Quality Assurance; United Kingdom
Note: Theme issue: "Quality Assurance in Higher Education: International, National, and Institution Perspectives."