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An In-Depth Study on the Impact of External Quality Assurance
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Stensaker, Bjorn; Langfeldt, Liv; Harvey, Lee; Huisman, Jeroen; Westerheijden, Don – Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 2011
After more than two decades of external quality assurance, there is an increasing interest in questions concerning the impact and effects of this activity. Following an external evaluation of NOKUT--the Norwegian quality assurance agency, this article studies the impact of external quality assurance in detail by analysing quantitative and…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Educational Quality, Quality Control, Program Effectiveness
The Impact of the European Standards and Guidelines in Agency Evaluations
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Stensaker, Bjorn; Harvey, Lee; Huisman, Jeroen; Langfeldt, Liv; Westerheijden, Don F. – European Journal of Education, 2010
The emergence of the European Standards and Guidelines (ESG) for Quality Assurance has been seen as an important step towards realising the European Higher Education Area by creating more transparency and accountability in the area of quality assurance. The ESG also include standards as to how quality assurance agencies should be reviewed. In a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Quality Control, Guidelines, Accountability