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States and Europe and Quality of Higher Education
Donald F. Westerheijden
- Vol. 20, pp 73-95
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The article was published on 2007-01-01. It has received 62 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Quality assurance & External quality assessment.read more
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국제정치이론 = Theory of international politics
Kenneth Neal Waltz,건영 박 +1 more
TL;DR: The seeker after the truth is not one who studies the writings of the ancients and, following his natural disposition, puts his trust in them, but rather, one who suspects his faith in them and questions what he gathers from them, the one who submits to argument and demonstration, and not to the sayings of a human being whose nature is fraught with all kinds of imperfection and deformation as mentioned in this paper.
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The knowledge triangle, European higher education policy logics and policy implications
Peter Maassen,Bjørn Stensaker +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, it is argued that one can identify three different sets of logics concerning the current external reform agenda, and that these logics together create new challenges as to how knowledge is created, diffused and governed by the university.
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Designing the framework conditions for assuring academic standards: lessons learned about professional, market, and government regulation of academic quality
David D. Dill,Maarja Beerkens +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors outline the essential components of a national framework for assuring academic standards, based on the strengths and weaknesses observed in 14 policy analyses of innovative national instruments of professional self-regulation, market-based regulation, and direct state regulation.
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Accreditation of higher education in Europe – moving towards the US model?
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors trace the political process supporting the introduction of this method in Europe and identify different theoretical understandings and practices which shed light on how we can interpret the spread and role of accreditation in Europe, before discussing current trends in European and US accreditation, which could pave the way for a joint research agenda.
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Quality Assurance in the Political Context: In the Midst of Different Expectations and Conflicting Goals.
TL;DR: In this article, the authors aim to map the main tensions that emerge from the conflicting demands and discuss the extent to which impact evaluation can address some of the difficulties in higher education quality assurance.
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