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Kvilhaugsvik, Hanne – Higher Education Policy, 2022
Quality assurance (QA) has become an important feature in higher education governance in Europe, with policies for increased harmonization and periodic accreditations as pillars. Still, the shift to emphasize quality development and enhancement entails that QA systems can attend to a wider range of considerations than before. This article studies…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Educational Quality, Quality Assurance
Nokkala, Terhi; Bladh, Agneta – Higher Education Policy, 2014
Owing to their common history, similarities in language and culture, long traditions in political collaboration and the shared Nordic societal model, an assumption is often made that the operational and regulatory context of universities is similar in the five Nordic countries: Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden. In this article, we…
Descriptors: Institutional Autonomy, Foreign Countries, Academic Freedom, Higher Education
Lackner, Elisabeth Josefine – Higher Education Policy, 2022
This study describes a key feature of modern, democratic policy making, namely the relation between stakeholder input and policy output. In the Nordic countries, there are long traditions for and democratic values attached to the dialogue between the government and civil society when developing policies for the educational sector. The case…
Descriptors: Stakeholders, Higher Education, Educational Policy, Democratic Values
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Holtermann, Sigrid – Higher Education Policy, 1996
The Nordic Centre at Fudan University (China) links it with Norwegian universities, and has resulted in: a new Norwegian School of Management program; a Chinese-Norwegian dictionary; short credit courses on Scandinavian affairs for Chinese students; language courses and examinations for Norwegian students of Chinese; establishment of a library on…
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, Business Administration Education, Change Strategies, Computer Networks
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Smeby, Jens-Christian; Stensaker, Bjorn – Higher Education Policy, 1999
Compares national higher education quality assessment systems in Finland, Denmark, Sweden, and Norway, focusing particularly on the balance between internal and external societal needs in the systems' design and organization. Results indicate that systems are highly adjusted to each country's specific governance strategies, resulting in very…
Descriptors: College Administration, Comparative Analysis, Comparative Education, Educational Assessment