Report: Higher Education in the World 2007: Accreditation for Quality Assurance: What is at Stake?
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Quality assurance and the role of accreditation: an overview
(2007)
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Open AccessThe paper starts by identifying the increasingly diverse range of users, providers and other stakeholders in higher education, which has led to concern for quality for the protection of the users. We then discuss the ... -
An overview of regional perspectives on accreditation in today’s world
(2007)
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Open AccessThis overview analyses various aspects of higher education, including: its massive expansion, the role of the private sector among the diverse providers, and international mobility. The aim is to identify the reasons for ... -
Institutional and political challenges of accreditation at the international level
(2007)
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Open AccessThis contribution is a strong plea for approaches in quality assessment and accreditation, which honour diversity and promote innovation and creativity in higher education. For many reasons, accreditation has become an ... -
Academic fraud, accreditation and quality assurance: learning from the past and challenges for the future
(2007)
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Open AccessThis paper starts by contextualizing the current trend of increasing academic fraud and corrupt practices in quality assurance and accreditation processes. Several factors are considered, such as the diversification of ... -
Cross-border Higher Education: issues and implications for quality assurance and accreditation
(2007)
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Open AccessInternationalization is transforming the world of higher education and globalization is changing the world of internationalization. The exponential growth in the mobility of students, programmes and providers across borders ... -
League tables as policy instruments: the political economy of accountability in tertiary education
(2007)
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Open AccessThe main objective of this article is to examine the role and usefulness of public information mechanisms, such as the rankings and similar classification instruments that are increasingly relied upon to measure and compare ... -
The international politics of quality assurance and accreditation: from legal instruments to communities of practice
(2006)
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Open AccessThis paper will review the developments that led to the internationalization of quality assurance and accreditation. It begins with the 1990s, when a new approach to the recognition of qualifications was adopted through ...
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