Over the last decade the structure of higher education in most countries has undergone significant change brought about by social demands for expanded access, technological developments, and market forces. In this period of change the traditional concerns with access and cost have been supplemented by a new concern with academic quality. As a consequence, new public policies on academic quality and new forms of academic quality assurance have rapidly emerged and swiftly migrated across continents and around the globe. The growing public debate about academic quality assurance within and across countries however has not always been well informed by analyses of the strengths and weaknesses of these new policy instruments. The Public Policy for Academic Quality Research Program (PPAQ) was designed to provide systematic analyses of innovative external quality assurance policies around the world. This volume presents the fourteen analyses of national policies on academic quality assurance conducted as part of the PPAQ Research Program utilizing the knowledge of informed international scholars. Each policy analysis examines the policy goals, implementation problems, and impacts of these newly developed national quality assurance instruments. The book concludes with an assessment of the lessons learned from these collected policy analyses and outlines the framework conditions that appear essential for assuring academic standards in the university sector.

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Andrew Griffiths; Tim Lowes; Jeremy Henning

Dill, David D., Beerkens, Maarja

Springer Science + Business Media BV

Higher education dynamics, v. 30, Dordrecht ; London, 2010

Higher education dynamics, New York, ©2010

Springer Nature, Dordrecht, 2010

Netherlands, Netherlands

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The Growing Public Debate About Academic Quality Assurances Has Not Always Been Well Informed By Analyses Of The Strengths And Weaknesses Of New Policy Instruments. This Volume Presents The 14 Analyses Of National Policies On Academic Quality Assurance Conducted As Part Of The Ppaq Research Program. Preface. -- 1. Introduction/ D.d. Dill, M. Beerkens. Part I: Professional (self) Regulation Of Academic Quality/d.d. Dill, M. Beerkens. -- 2. External Examiner System In The United Kingdom/ R. Lewis. -- 3. The Teacher Education Accreditation Council (teac) In The Us/ E. El-khawas. Part Ii: Market Regulation Of Academic Quality/ D.d. Dill, M. Beerkens. -- 4. The Che University Ranking In Germany/ M. Beerkens, D.d. Dill. -- 5. The Us National Survey Of Student Engagement (nsse)/ P.t. Ewell. -- 6. The Course Experience Questionnaire, Graduate Destination Survey, And Learning And Teaching Performance Fund In Australian Higher Education/ K.l. Harris, R. James. -- 7. National Report Card On Higher Education In The Us/ D.w. Breneman. Part Iii: State (direct) Regulation Of Academic Quality/ D.d. Dill, M. Beerkens. -- 8. The Australian Qualifications Framework/ C. Mcinnis. -- 8. Subject Benchmarking In The Uk/ G. Williams. -- 10. Subject Assessments For Academic Quality In Denmark/ B. Stensaker. -- 11. Education Quality Audit As Applied In Hong Kong;/w.f. Massy. -- 12. The German System Of Accreditation/ B.m. Kehm. -- 13. The Accreditation And Quality Processesof The General Medical Council In The U.k./ L. Harvey. -- 14. Contracting For Quality Improvement And Financing In Public Universities Of Catalonia, Spain/ J.m. Vilalta, J. Brugue. -- 15. The National Assessment Of Courses In Brazil/ S. Schwartzman. -- 16. Conclusion/ D.d. Dill, M. Beerkens.-- Index. David D. Dill, Maarja Beerkens, Eds. Includes Bibliographical References And Indexes.

This volume summarizes a significant body of research systematically analyzing innovative external quality assurance policies in higher education around the world. It will be essential reading for policy makers, administrators and researchers alike.
Over the last decade the structure of higher education in most countries has undergone significant change. This change, brought about by social demands for expanded access, technological developments, and market forces, has seen the traditional concerns with access and cost supplemented by a fresh concern with academic quality. As a result new public policies on academic quality assurance have rapidly emerged and migrated around the globe.
However, the public debate about new academic quality assurance policies, both within and across countries, has not always been informed by reliable analyses of the strengths and weaknesses of these innovative instruments. It is this gap that the current edited volume seeks to fill. It is based on the work of the Public Policy for Academic Quality research program (PPAQ), which was designed to provide systematic analyses of innovative external quality assurance policies around the world. This volume, informed by key international scholars, presents the fourteen analyses conducted as part of the PPAQ research program. Each analysis examines the policy goals, implementation problems, and impacts of these newly developed national quality assurance instruments. The book concludes with an assessment of the lessons learned from these collected policy analyses and outlines the framework conditions that appear essential for assuring academic standards in the university sector.

Front Matter....Pages i-xii
Front Matter....Pages 15-19
Introduction....Pages 1-13
External Examiner System in the UK: Fresh Challenges to an Old System....Pages 21-36
The Teacher Education Accreditation Council (TEAC) in the USA....Pages 37-54
Front Matter....Pages 55-59
The CHE University Ranking in Germany....Pages 61-82
The US National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE)....Pages 83-97
The Course Experience Questionnaire, Graduate Destination Survey, and Learning and Teaching Performance Fund in Australia....Pages 99-119
National Report Card on Higher Education in the USA....Pages 121-131
Front Matter....Pages 133-139
The Australian Qualifications Framework....Pages 141-155
Subject Benchmarking in the UK....Pages 157-181
Subject Assessments for Academic Quality in Denmark....Pages 183-202
Education Quality Audit as Applied in Hong Kong....Pages 203-225
The German System of Accreditation....Pages 227-248
The Accreditation and Quality Processes of the General Medical Council in the UK....Pages 249-274
Contracting for Quality Improvement and Financing in Public Universities of Catalonia, Spain....Pages 275-292
The National Assessment of Courses in Brazil....Pages 293-312
Reflections and Conclusions....Pages 313-335
Back Matter....Pages 337-345

Higher Education Dynamics
Erscheinungsdatum: 29.05.2010

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