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Peer reviewedNewton, Jethro – Quality in Higher Education, 2002
Examined how academics have sought to make sense of the "quality revolution" that has been dominant in UK higher education in the last decade. Uncovered various types of behavioral responses by faculty to the requirements of quality assurance and monitoring processes. (EV)
Descriptors: College Faculty, Educational Quality, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Peer reviewedLomas, Laurie – Quality in Higher Education, 2002
Four of Harvey and Green's five definitions of quality are used as a framework to examine whether "massification" is hurting educational quality. A survey of British higher education managers revealed that fitness for purpose and transformation were the preferred definitions of quality. Quality Assurance Agency subject reviews indicate that…
Descriptors: Definitions, Educational Quality, Educational Trends, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedKnight, Peter T. – Quality in Higher Education, 2002
Explores the dependability of assessments of student achievement when used for internal and external quality monitoring (IQM and EQM). Identifies problems and suggests responses, including a radical approach based on accepting that reliable national data about complex student achievements are not available. Asserts that reliance on EQM is unwise…
Descriptors: Educational Quality, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Quality Control
Peer reviewedLeeuw, Frans L. – Quality in Higher Education, 2002
Outlines why reciprocity is an important dimension when studying educational inspectorates and explores the relationship between reciprocity and evaluation. Describes how a minority of European inspectorates are involved in reciprocal relationships with their evaluands. Suggests ways they can become more involved without "negotiating the truth."…
Descriptors: Accrediting Agencies, Educational Assessment, Evaluators, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedSmout, Michael; Stephenson, Sandra – Quality in Higher Education, 2002
Provides an overview of approaches to quality assurance in South African higher education up to 2000, with specific reference to the impact of the historical legacy of apartheid and the university-technikon divide. Examines the establishment in 2001 of the country's first sector-wide external quality agency, the Higher Education Quality Committee.…
Descriptors: Apartheid, Educational Policy, Educational Quality, Foreign Countries
Download full textCostes, Nathalie; Hopbach, Achim; Kekalainen, Helka; van IJperen, Robin; Walsh, Padraig – ENQA (European Association for Quality Assurance in Higher Education), 2010
The European Association for Quality Assurance in Higher Education (ENQA) realises that there is a steadily growing interest among students and all stakeholders of Higher Education and the public at large in accessing detailed and reliable information on the quality of individual study programmes, faculties and higher education institutions. ENQA…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Quality Control, Stakeholders, Foreign Countries
