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Student Representation in Italy
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Foroni, Marzia – Tertiary Education and Management, 2011
The analysis begins with a comprehensive overview of legal provisions for student participation in higher education governance over the past few decades. How has the involvement of students in decision-making processes developed? The answer will be provided for the sub-institutional level of faculties and degree programmes; the institutional…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Student Participation, Governance, Quality Control
Focus on Higher Education in Europe 2010: The Impact of the Bologna Process
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Crosier, David; Dalferth, Simon; Parveva, Teodora – Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency, European Commission, 2010
This 2010 edition of the "Focus" report has been prepared for the European Ministerial Conference in Budapest/Vienna, 11-12 March 2010, that officially launches the European Higher Education Area. The report has been developed as a fully collaborative exercise between the Eurydice Network and the Bologna Follow-up Group (BFUG), with the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Academic Degrees, National Standards
Which Role for Performance Measurement Systems in Higher Education? Focus on Quality Assurance in Italy
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Barnabe, Federico; Riccaboni, Angelo – Studies in Educational Evaluation, 2007
This article explores the role of voluntary quality assessments in higher education, underscoring their main features and potentialities, and showing that basic principles and guidelines can be customised in different countries or single institutions. The article extensively presents an assessment project developed at the University of Siena, the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Educational Quality, Quality Control
Summary of an Extended Comparative Analysis on European Private Higher Education
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Fried, Jochen; Glass, Anna; Baumgartl, Bernd – Higher Education in Europe, 2006
In November 2005, UNESCO-CEPES organized a conference on Private Higher Education in Europe and Quality Assurance and Accreditation from the Perspective of the Bologna Process Objectives. Thirteen country reports and a comparative analysis study were commissioned for this specific initiative. The countries included in the project were: Albania,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Comparative Analysis, Higher Education, Private Education
The Politics of Quality: Developments in Higher Education in Western Europe 1992-1994.
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Neave, Guy – European Journal of Education, 1994
Western Europe's demand for quality higher education at lower cost is discussed. It is argued that the criteria for quality are determined by external interests, including governments looking for economic development through an improved labor market. The situations in Germany, Belgium, France, Italy, Spain, and the United Kingdom are considered.…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Educational Change, Educational Quality, Educational Trends
The Evaluation of Teaching and Learning.
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Potocki-Malicet, Danielle; Holmesland, Icara; Estrela, Maria-Teresa; Veiga-Simao, Ana-Margarida – European Journal of Education, 1999
Three different approaches to the evaluation of higher education in European and Scandinavian countries are examined: evaluation of a single discipline across institutions (Finland, Norway, Portugal, Spain, United Kingdom, northern Germany); evaluation of several disciplines within certain institutions (France, Germany); and internal evaluation of…
Descriptors: College Faculty, College Students, Comparative Analysis, Educational Policy