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Ewell, Peter T. – Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning, 2012
Standardized testing for higher education has been much in the news in the US over the last few years. In the wake of the Spellings Commission, the clear intent of the Department of Education's (USDOE) position in negotiated rulemaking in 2007 was to mandate its use in accreditation. Standardized testing is also a central feature of the Voluntary…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Testing, Standardized Tests, Foreign Countries
Brown, Roger – Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning, 2011
Although many of the recommendations in "A Test of Leadership: Charting the Future of U.S. Higher Education" (the Spellings Commission report) have still to be implemented, policy makers' insistence that American colleges and universities measure student learning outcomes in a way that permits comparisons seems unlikely to go away. Nor…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Institutional Autonomy, Academic Standards, Quality Control
Kehm, Barbara M. – Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning, 2010
Over the last several decades, the quality of teaching and learning in colleges and universities has become an issue of growing concern and scrutiny in many countries around the world. Despite the fact that there is no shared definition of the term "quality," many European higher education institutions have established quality-management…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Foreign Countries, Academic Degrees, National Standards