Power, Enlightenment and Quality Evaluation.

Barnett, Ronald

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Publication Date: 1994

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Power, Enlightenment and Quality Evaluation.

Barnett, Ronald

European Journal of Education, v29 n2 p165-79 1994

This paper argues that the quality evaluation trend in European higher education reflects the state's effort to gain greater control over higher education. First, performance indicators are imposed, and then this technical form of evaluation is used to steer the higher education system toward the labor market. (MSE)

Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Educational Quality, Foreign Countries, Government School Relationship, Higher Education, Institutional Autonomy, Institutional Evaluation, Politics of Education, Public Policy, Quality Control, Standards

Publication Type: Reports - Evaluative; Opinion Papers; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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