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Schildkamp, Kim; Vanhoof, Jan; van Petegem, Peter; Visscher, Adrie – British Educational Research Journal, 2012
This article presents the results of two studies on the use of school self-evaluation in the Netherlands and Flanders. It focuses on which forms of instrumental use of school self-evaluation results can be found in schools, and how differences in self-evaluation use between schools can be explained. Results show that the instrumental use of…
Descriptors: Self Evaluation (Groups), Foreign Countries, Educational Policy, Theories
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Minelli, Eliana; Rebora, Gianfranco; Turri, Matteo; Huisman, Jeroen – Quality in Higher Education, 2006
This article focuses on the impact of research and education evaluation on two universities: Trento State University (Italy) and the University of Amsterdam (The Netherlands). The article adopts a system approach to evaluation and proposes a model to describe and analyse evaluation systems. The analysis has been carried out by means of in-depth…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Comparative Analysis, Research Utilization, Universities
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Dill, David D. – Quality in Higher Education, 1995
Efforts to improve the quality of academic programs in the United Kingdom, United States, and Netherlands have followed three general approaches: the logic of competitive markets; application of incentives; and professional self-regulation. Strengths and weaknesses of these approaches for improving academic quality are examined through the lens of…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Comparative Education, Competition, Educational Quality
Brennan, John; van Vught, Frans – 1993
These two papers look at international aspects of quality in higher education from contrasting perspectives. The first paper, "Higher Education Quality: A European Dimension" by John Brennan asks whether there is a distinctive European dimension to quality in higher education and, if so, what are its implications for British institutions…
Descriptors: College Programs, Comparative Analysis, Comparative Education, Cultural Influences