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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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Woodhouse, David – Quality in Higher Education, 2006
While scholars have been peripatetic since the creation of the very first universities, a phenomenon of more recent years is the mobility of education, where it is the educational provision rather than the scholar that crosses national borders. This is termed "transnational" or "cross-border" education. Attendant on this new phenomenon is the need…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Quality Control, Accreditation (Institutions), Higher Education
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Woodhouse, David – Quality in Higher Education, 2004
This paper traces some aspects of the growth over the last 20 years in the number of quality assurance agencies in higher education, that is, organisations with some responsibility for the quality of teaching, research and other activities in higher education institutions. Initially, staff of these agencies were largely amateurs in the field, and…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Quality Control, Agency Role, Public Agencies
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Meade, Philip; Woodhouse, David – Quality in Higher Education, 2000
Report of a review panel which evaluated the effectiveness of the New Zealand Academic Audit Unit concluded that procedures requiring universities to undertake a self-review with the Academic Audit Unit validating the process have been a major stimulus for introduction of effective quality systems within a climate of trust and mutual respect.…
Descriptors: Audits (Verification), Educational Quality, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
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Churchman, Rosalind; Woodhouse, David – Quality in Higher Education, 1999
A survey of 57 professional and statutory organizations in New Zealand investigated their view of interactions with institutions of higher education. Results are compared with similar surveys conducted in Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Findings suggest that such bodies recognize institutions' internal quality assurance…
Descriptors: Accountability, Agencies, Foreign Countries, Government School Relationship