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Cardoso, Sónia; Rosa, Maria J.; Videira, Pedro – Quality in Higher Education, 2018
Academics' support for quality assurance (QA) depends on several factors, including their sense of ownership, which seems to be influenced by academics' participation in QA's implementation. This paper aims to understand whether this participation is indeed contributing to academics' ownership of QA. Findings from a survey of Portuguese academics'…
Descriptors: Quality Assurance, Teacher Participation, Program Implementation, Accreditation (Institutions)
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Staub, Donald – Quality in Higher Education, 2019
Globally, attention to quality and accreditation in higher education continues trending upward. This is attributable to a number of factors, such as the internationalisation of higher education, stakeholders demanding accountability, international rankings; parents and students wanting assurance that a diploma equals employment. Universities and…
Descriptors: Specialization, Accreditation (Institutions), Quality Assurance, Strategic Planning
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Ala-Va¨ha¨la¨, Timo – Quality in Higher Education, 2016
This article analyses Finnish higher education institutions' reception of the implementation of the new quality assurance systems that governments participating in the Bologna Process have committed to establishing in the Berlin Communique´ of 2003. The data were collected using a web survey and the respondents were classified with a cluster…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Quality Assurance, Educational Quality, International Cooperation
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Haapakorpi, Arja – Quality in Higher Education, 2011
In Finland, quality assurance related to the Bologna process has been adapted to existing systems of higher education at the national level and a form of implementation is also recognised at the level of the higher education institution. In universities, varied outcomes of quality assurance are based on interaction of organisational structures,…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Quality Control, Foreign Countries, Educational Quality
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Coria, Maria Marta; Deluca, Monica; Martinez, Maria Eugenia – Quality in Higher Education, 2010
This paper assesses the impact on the curricula of undergraduate programmes in Argentina of the quality assurance mechanism implemented by the National Commission for University Evaluation and Accreditation (CONEAU). The paper examines curricula changes in pharmacy, biochemistry and agriculture undergraduate programmes to show the major…
Descriptors: Quality Control, Biochemistry, Foreign Countries, Accreditation (Institutions)
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Bender, Kim K.; Siller, T. J. – Quality in Higher Education, 2006
Colleges and universities interact with multiple constituents or quality monitoring groups that require programme-level assessment of student learning. These required assessments might be used to demonstrate accountability, programme improvement or a combination of both. These demands often challenge instructional faculty to choose between the…
Descriptors: Integrity, Engineering Education, Higher Education, Educational Quality