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Direct linkCarvalho, Nathan; Rosa, Maria J.; Amaral, Alberto – Journal of Studies in International Education, 2023
Internationalisation has gained prominence in debates on higher education and can be analysed from different perspectives, including cross-border higher education. Cross-border higher education entails relevant challenges, namely regarding its quality. This paper intends to discuss, based on a literature review, the link between cross-border…
Descriptors: Educational Quality, Quality Assurance, Higher Education, International Education
Cardoso, Sónia; Rosa, Maria J.; Videira, Pedro; Amaral, Alberto – Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 2019
This paper analyses teaching and non-teaching staff perceptions on the implementation of internal quality assurance (QA) practices at their higher education institutions. The aim is to understand how far different perspectives on quality -- as culture, as compliance or as consistency -- are reflected in the views of these two groups on such…
Descriptors: Quality Assurance, Higher Education, College Faculty, Teacher Attitudes
Cardoso, Sónia; Rosa, Maria J.; Videira, Pedro; Amaral, Alberto – Quality Assurance in Education: An International Perspective, 2017
Purpose: This paper aims to look at the characteristics of internal quality assurance (IQA) systems of higher education institutions to understand whether these systems tend to reproduce a given model, externally defined and suggested to institutions, or rather to be shaped by institutions' features and interests. Design/methodology/approach: The…
Descriptors: Quality Assurance, Higher Education, Foreign Countries, Program Implementation
Sin, Cristina; Tavares, Orlanda; Amaral, Alberto – Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 2017
The paper analyses the impact of programme accreditation in Portugal further to the operations of the Agency for Assessment and Accreditation of Higher Education, which were initiated in 2009. Tracking the evolution of study programmes, the paper found that, out of the initial 5262 programmes on offer in 2009/2010, 40% have been either…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Accreditation (Institutions), Teacher Qualifications, Compliance (Legal)
Tavares, Orlanda; Sin, Cristina; Videira, Pedro; Amaral, Alberto – Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 2017
Internal quality assurance systems are expected to improve the institutions' core mission of teaching and learning. Using data gathered through an online survey, distributed in 2014/2015, to the teaching staff of all Portuguese private and public higher education institutions, this paper examines the impact of internal quality assurance systems on…
Descriptors: Quality Assurance, College Faculty, Public Colleges, Private Colleges
Tavares, Orlanda; Sin, Cristina; Amaral, Alberto – Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 2016
In Portugal, the agency for assessment and accreditation of higher education has recently included in its remit, beyond programme accreditation, the certification of internal quality assurance systems. This implies lighter touch accreditation and aims to direct institutions towards improvement, in addition to accountability. Twelve institutions…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Quality Assurance, Educational Quality, Certification
Veiga, Amélia; Rosa, Maria João; Dias, Diana; Amaral, Alberto – European Journal of Education, 2013
This article analyses the impacts of the Portuguese quality assurance system on academic cultures, using the Cultural Theory proposed by Douglas (1970, 1982) and developed by Thompson, Ellis and Wildavsky (1990) as an explanatory framework for Portuguese academics' preference formation in relation to quality assessment. The Portuguese higher…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Quality Assurance, Higher Education, Culture
Sarrico, Cláudia S.; Veiga, Amélia; Amaral, Alberto – Educational Assessment, Evaluation and Accountability, 2013
While a lot has been written regarding the changing management and governance arrangements in higher education, less is known about how this progression relates to quality in higher education. The purpose of this article is to describe the context of governance in Portuguese higher education institutions and how institutional governance…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Governance, Administrative Change, College Administration
