Quality assurance in an international higher education area : a case study approach and comparative analysis / Andrea Bernhard ; with a foreword by Hans Pechar.

"Rethinking the purpose and the aim of higher education has led to new and alternative ways to assure the quality of different higher education systems. In the case studies of six OECD countries, Andrea Bernhard exemplifies the ongoing trends and changes of quality assurance systems along peer-...

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Main Author: Bernhard, Andrea (Author)
Format: Ebook
Language:English
Published: Wiesbaden : VS Research, [2012]
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Online Access:Springer eBooks
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Summary:"Rethinking the purpose and the aim of higher education has led to new and alternative ways to assure the quality of different higher education systems. In the case studies of six OECD countries, Andrea Bernhard exemplifies the ongoing trends and changes of quality assurance systems along peer-reviewed country reports and interviews with national and international experts. The comparative analysis is based on international, descriptive, discursive, and analytical aspects concentrating on the theoretical concepts of massification, diversification, privatisation, and internationalisation. The author highlights the leading trend towards quality assurance within an international higher education area and provides recommendations to establish a functioning quality assurance system within the observed higher education systems and beyond their borders.This book is valuable reading for academics, practitioners, and policy makers in the field of higher education."--Publisher's website.
Physical Description:1 online resource (294 pages)
Format:Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:3531942980
9783531942988
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