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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Rising above Institutional Constraints? The Quest of German Accreditation Agencies for Autonomy and Professional Legitimacy
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Serrano-Velarde, Kathia – Minerva: A Review of Science, Learning and Policy, 2014
European quality assurance has a complicated history that must be viewed as taking place on two levels: first, in a national effort to deregulate the public sector and to make universities accountable for their teaching performance; and second, a supranational endeavor to accomplish European integration in the field of higher education. Similarly,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Accreditation (Institutions), Quality Assurance, Institutional Autonomy
A Fish out of Water? Management Consultants in Academia
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Serrano-Velarde, Kathia – Minerva: A Review of Science, Learning and Policy, 2010
What happens when management consultants enter the academic arena and offer their services to universities? In the following article, we examine this question by drawing on findings from a qualitative study based on a series of 30 interviews with senior management consultants and academic managers in Germany. The aim of this explorative study is,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, College Administration, Consultants