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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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"Partners or Opponents": The Engagement of Students in a Compliance Driven Quality Assessment
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Shah, Mahsood; Hartman, Kylee; Hastings, Graham – Perspectives: Policy and Practice in Higher Education, 2014
The Australian government recently established a national regulator with responsibilities of registration and accreditation of all kinds of higher education providers including universities. The Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency (TEQSA) subsumes the functions of the previous Australian Universities Quality Agency (AUQA) with…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Higher Education, Student Role
The Australian Higher Education Quality Assurance Framework: From Improvement-Led to Compliance-Driven
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Shah, Mahsood; Jarzabkowski, Lucy – Perspectives: Policy and Practice in Higher Education, 2013
The Australian government initiated a review of higher education in 2008. One of the outcomes of the review was the formation of a national regulator, the Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency (TEQSA), with responsibilities to: register all higher education providers, accredit the courses of the non self-accrediting providers, assure…
Descriptors: Quality Assurance, Educational Quality, Higher Education, Foreign Countries
Renewing Strategic Planning in Universities at a Time of Uncertainty
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Shah, Mahsood – Perspectives: Policy and Practice in Higher Education, 2013
The renewal of strategy development and implementation is important in the context of the changing higher education landscape. Changing government policy and the political agenda require a university to engage in careful strategy development and implementation which result in long-term sustainability. The political interest of the government will…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Quality Control, Rewards, Strategic Planning
International Higher Education in Australia: Unplanned Future
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Shah, Mahsood; Nair, Chenicheri Sid – Perspectives: Policy and Practice in Higher Education, 2011
International education is the third largest export industry in Australia and is worth almost A$20 billion. The last ten years have witnessed significant growth in both onshore and offshore enrolments of international students in Australian universities. The offshore component of all Australian universities has been subject to scrutiny by the…
Descriptors: Foreign Students, Higher Education, International Education, Quality Assurance
Renewing Quality Assurance at a Time of Turbulence: An Attempt to Reenergise Quality in Australian Higher Education
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Shah, Mahsood; Nair, Chenicheri Sid – Perspectives: Policy and Practice in Higher Education, 2011
The renewal of quality assurance in Australian higher education comes at a time when the higher education sectors in Australia and around the world are experiencing a number of key challenges. These include: ongoing decline in public funding of universities; the massification of higher education and demand for it during global recession;…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Student Surveys, Educational Quality, Foreign Countries