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50 Years of ERIC
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Does the Emperor Have the Right (or Any) Clothes? The Public Regulation of Higher Education Qualities over the Last Two Decades
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Blackmur, Douglas – Quality in Higher Education, 2010
This article suggests that the public higher education "quality assurance" systems which have been erected over the last 20 years or so rest on flimsy public policy and intellectual foundations. It asks if input/output relationships in higher education can be identified to the extent implied by current models of public higher education "quality…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Logical Thinking, Public Policy, Models
"Quis Custodiet Ipsos Custodes?" The Review of the Australian Universities Quality Agency
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Blackmur, Douglas – Quality in Higher Education, 2008
A review of the performance of the Australian Universities Quality Agency (AUQA) was undertaken in 2005-2006. It was commissioned by AUQA and the review report was published in May 2006. This article explores whether the AUQA review can be regarded internationally as an exemplar and thus used with confidence by governments or other principals as a…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Foreign Countries, Accreditation (Institutions), Accountability
A Critical Analysis of the UNESCO/OECD Guidelines for Quality Provision of Cross-Border Higher Education
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Blackmur, Douglas – Quality in Higher Education, 2007
The nation state is not helpless if it wishes to respond to the significant increase since the 1980s in the cross-border provision of higher education. In 2003, the General Council of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) nevertheless commissioned the development of practices and principles to further…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Criticism, Risk, Guidelines
The South African MBA Review and the Principles of Efficient Regulation
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Blackmur, Douglas – Quality in Higher Education, 2006
The South African Council on Higher Education (CHE) has developed a model to regulate the provision of postgraduate qualifications. This model was applied in the first instance to the MBA. Accreditation was withdrawn from 15 MBAs, 15 were granted conditional accreditation, and seven were fully accredited. This paper takes forward an earlier…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Public Policy, Accreditation (Institutions), Enrollment
An Evaluation of the South African Model of MBA Accreditation
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Blackmur, Douglas – Quality in Higher Education, 2005
The South African Council on Higher Education (CHE) withdrew its accreditation of 15 Master of Business Administration (MBA) degrees in May 2004. MBAs for which accreditation was withdrawn include those offered in South Africa by Bond University (Australia) and De Montfort University (UK). CHEs decisions have significant implications for students,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Public Policy, Business Administration
A Critique of the Concept of a National Qualifications Framework
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Blackmur, Douglas – Quality in Higher Education, 2004
Several countries employ a National Qualifications Framework (NQF) as one means by which information on qualifications is made available to labour markets. Although the term 'National Qualifications Framework' is not used consistently across national borders, a qualifications classification system is an important element in all NQF models. An NQF…
Descriptors: Public Policy, Classification
A Critique of the Concept of a National Qualifications Framework
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Blackmur, Douglas – Quality in Higher Education, 2004
Several countries employ a National Qualifications Framework (NQF) as one means by which information on qualifications is made available to labour markets. Although the term 'National Qualifications Framework' is not used consistently across national borders, a qualifications classification system is an important element in all NQF models. An NQF…
Descriptors: Public Policy, Classification, Higher Education, Foreign Countries