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Stensaker, Bjorn; Harvey, Lee – Higher Education Review, 2013
The paper reports from a comparative study on systems of quality assurance in 19 countries around the globe, and how these systems function as accountability mechanisms. Based on a theoretical framework for assessing how accountability mechanisms can contribute to build trust in the higher education sector, the analysis of the quality assurance…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Comparative Education, Accountability, Quality Assurance
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Bourliaud, G.; Coulais, J. M. – Higher Education Review, 1978
Institutional characteristics and expenditures for the single-campus University of Paris X Nanterre and the multicampus University of Paris I--Pantheon-Sorbonne are compared, with tables of unit expenditures included. (LBH)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Cost Effectiveness, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
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Harvey, A. D. – Higher Education Review, 1991
The history of European higher education, particularly in a period of crisis and change such as the Napoleonic era (1789-1815), illustrates how the differences between university systems in different countries give insight into cultural traditions and historical conditions in each country. Analysis looks at circumstances in Britain, France,…
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Cultural Traits, Educational Change, Educational History