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Direct linkRosa, Maria J.; Sarrico, Claudia S.; Amaral, Alberto – Quality in Higher Education, 2012
The accountability versus improvement debate is an old one. Although being traditionally considered dichotomous purposes of higher education quality assessment, some authors defend the need of balancing both in quality assessment systems. This article goes a step further and contends that not only they should be balanced but also that other…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Quality Control, Educational Quality, Accountability
Amaral, Alberto; Rosa, Maria Joao – Quality in Higher Education, 2010
In this paper we present a brief description of the evolution of quality assurance in Europe, paying particular attention to its relationship to the rising loss of trust in higher education institutions. We finalise by analysing the role of the European Commission in the setting up of new quality assurance mechanisms that tend to promote…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Quality Control, Foreign Countries, Educational Trends
Tavares, Diana Amado; Rosa, Maria Joao; Amaral, Alberto – Quality Assurance in Education: An International Perspective, 2010
Purpose: This paper aims to reflect on the relevance of the Institutional Evaluation Programme (IEP) of the European University Association (EUA) to universities' quality improvement. It aims to analyse IEP follow-up reports to determine whether the programme contributes to the development of a quality improvement culture.…
Descriptors: Institutional Evaluation, Quality Control, Content Analysis, Educational Quality
Amaral, Alberto; Rosa, Maria Joao; Tavares, Diana Amado – Higher Education Management and Policy, 2009
There have been calls to increase the autonomy of higher education institutions in Europe for a number of years. They have been counterbalanced by demands for increasing accountability and a European quality assurance system. In London in 2007, the European ministers of education decided to implement a European register of accredited quality…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Federal Regulation, Quality Control, Foreign Countries
Joao Rosa, Maria; Tavares, Diana; Amaral, Alberto – Quality in Higher Education, 2006
This paper analyses the opinions of Portuguese university rectors and academics on the quality assessment system and its consequences at the institutional level. The results obtained show that university staff (rectors and academics, with more of the former than the latter) held optimistic views of the positive consequences of quality assessment…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Quality, Quality Control, College Faculty
Peer reviewedAmaral, Alberto; Polidori, Marlis – Higher Education Policy, 1999
Discusses evaluation of higher education in Brazil, including the Institutional Evaluation Program of the Brazilian Universities (PAIUB) and its replacement by a National Examination of Study Diplomas. Describes background, early initiatives regarding quality, and the new governmental approach to quality evaluation (including the new political…
Descriptors: College Outcomes Assessment, Developing Nations, Educational Development, Educational History
