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Zhu, Chang; Cai, Yuzhuo; Shen, Wen-Qin; François, Karen – European Journal of Higher Education, 2017
This special issue focuses on the reforms and collaborations in Europe--China doctoral education. The articles in this special issue provide an insightful picture of the recent reforms in doctoral education in China and EU countries. Next to the structural reforms in Europe and China, the special issue papers have also specifically focused on…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Doctoral Programs, Educational Cooperation, Educational Change
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Griffith, Stafford Alexander – Quality Assurance in Education: An International Perspective, 2017
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to show how higher education institutions in the Caribbean may benefit from the quality assurance measures implemented by the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC). Design/methodology/approach: The paper uses an outcomes model of quality assurance to analyse the measures implemented by the CXC to assure quality…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Quality Assurance, Testing Programs, Educational Quality
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Díez, Fernando; Iraurgi, Ioseba; Sanchez, Aurelio Villa – South African Journal of Education, 2018
The objective of this study is to contribute to Quality Management Systems (QMS) and their impact on schools in the Basque Country, Spain. Specifically, it analyses two models: the EFQM Excellence Model, which originated in the business world, and the Integrated Quality Project (IQP) Model, which has a humanistic focus and arose from an…
Descriptors: Educational Quality, Models, Quality Assurance, Teacher Attitudes
Fitzsimons, Camilla – Adult Learner: The Irish Journal of Adult and Community Education, 2017
This paper shares the Irish adult educator's experiences of Quality Assurance (QA). Educators are found to be largely supportive of QA but contradictions emerge. These include philosophical tensions, inconsistent moderation and incongruence between the stated values of QA and a more powerful government-led employability discourse.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Quality Assurance, Adult Educators, Teacher Attitudes
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Dahlberg, Gunilla – Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood, 2016
This article analyses the discourse and practices of quality assurance and quality control through the lens of neo-liberal governing as expressed in economic rationalities such as new public management, total quality management, public choice and human capital. As an alternative to this form of governing, an ethico-aesthetic paradigm is enacted,…
Descriptors: Quality Assurance, Quality Control, Discourse Analysis, Neoliberalism
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Etuk, Grace Koko – International Journal of Higher Education, 2015
This paper elaborates on innovations which have been effected in universities in Nigeria, using a somewhat young university as a paradigm. The innovations discussed include private ownership of universities, innovative funding strategies and innovative quality assurance practices. These include innovative planning (strategic planning); innovative…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Universities, Quality Assurance, Educational Practices
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Kalimullin, Aydar M.; Khodyreva, Elena ?.; Koinova-Zoellner, Julia – International Journal of Environmental and Science Education, 2016
The urgency of the research is determined by the need to ensure the quality of higher education an essential factor of which is development of the internal assessment system for educational activities at universities. The aim of the article is validation of the model of development of the internal assessment system for educational activities at…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Assessment, Quality Assurance, Universities
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Aittola, Helena – European Journal of Higher Education, 2017
In Europe, doctoral education systems have been systematically reformed. These reforms are aimed at improving the quality of research and the competitiveness of European countries. In Finland, the reform project of doctoral education started vigorously in the mid-1990s which has contributed significantly to the emergence of more structured…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Doctoral Programs, Educational Change, Institutional Characteristics
Anderson, Kate; Sayre, Rebecca – Center for Universal Education at The Brookings Institution, 2016
The Measuring Early Learning Quality and Outcomes (MELQO) initiative aims to improve early childhood education worldwide through measurement of children's development and learning and the quality of learning environments. Led by UNESCO, UNICEF, the World Bank, and the Center for Universal Education at the Brookings Institution, MELQO comprises an…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Quality, Educational Change, Educational Assessment
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Soomro, Tariq Rahim; Ahmad, Reyaz – Higher Education Studies, 2012
Quality in higher education is the major concern among researchers. Managing quality in higher education in a multicultural population with different approaches is not only challenging but an uphill task. This paper will focus on quality concern in higher education keeping in view, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) perspectives. A model to maintain…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Educational Quality, Educational Practices, Quality Assurance
Education Scotland, 2016
The new quality framework, "How good is our college?" is a tool to support and enable colleges to evaluate the quality of provision and services alongside reporting on progress in relation to outcome agreements. It is designed to be used by all college staff. Colleges will evaluate the quality of their provision and services using the 12…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Colleges, Universities, Higher Education
UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning, 2019
A national qualifications framework (NQF) is an instrument used to classify a country's qualifications at different levels. Each level is defined by a set of learning outcomes expected at that level. NQFs can be useful tools in education and training reforms and are vital reference points for lifelong learning and comparing qualifications across…
Descriptors: Qualifications, Global Approach, Regional Characteristics, National Standards
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Ghoul, Said – Journal of Educational Technology, 2013
Research on blended learning theory and practice is growing nowadays with a focus on the development, evaluation, and quality assurance of case studies. However, the enhancement of blended learning existing models, the specification of their online parts, and the quality assurance related specifically to them have not received enough attention.…
Descriptors: Blended Learning, Quality Assurance, Models, Program Implementation
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Creemers, Bert; Kyriakides, Leonidas – School Effectiveness and School Improvement, 2015
This paper argues that the dynamic model of educational effectiveness can be used to establish stronger links between educational effectiveness research (EER) and school improvement. It provides research evidence to support the validity of the model. Thus, the importance of using the dynamic model to establish an evidence-based and theory-driven…
Descriptors: Educational Quality, Quality Assurance, Quality Control, Educational Improvement
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Pasura, Rinos – Journal of Vocational Education and Training, 2015
The reconstruction of the Australian Vocational Education and Training (VET) sector into a competitive training market, which led to the participation of international students and commercial for-profit private VET providers, has until recently focused on the importance of international students to the national economy whilst ignoring the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Foreign Students, Models, Vocational Education
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