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Santana, Silvina; Moreira, Cristiane; Roberto, Teresa; Azambuja, Flavia – Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education and Educational Planning, 2010
This paper investigates the implementation and evaluation of quality management systems within the higher education sector in Brazil. It is based on Institutional and Neo Institutional theories and presents the case of the Federal University of Pelotas, to discuss higher education institutions' options in a context of wide and complex…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Educational Policy, Educational Environment
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Carroll, Martin; Razvi, Salim; Goodliffe, Tess; Al-Habsi, Fakhriya – Quality in Higher Education, 2009
The post-secondary education sector in Oman consists of a complex suite of public and private institutions, in a number of distinct segments, offering local and foreign programmes developed through their respective quality assurance systems. The Omani higher education quality management system is undergoing significant advances to address this…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Management Systems, Quality Control, Foreign Countries
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Palmer, Barbara H. – Research in Higher Education, 1996
A study explored quality assessment and accountability in Dutch university education. The national system of quality assurance and various models used successfully to implement it are described, and the range of apparent effects and influences of quality assurance on Dutch higher education are examined. Comparison is made with American higher…
Descriptors: Accountability, College Outcomes Assessment, Comparative Education, Educational Assessment