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Enhancing Quality in Higher Education - International Perspectives (Hardcover, New)
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Enhancing Quality in Higher Education - International Perspectives (Hardcover, New)
Series: International Studies in Higher Education
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Interest in the quality of higher education provision has been
steadily increasing over the last twenty years. This has been
driven largely by the international creation of explicit policies
and reporting requirements to review, audit and evaluate provision.
The interest is associated in many countries with the granting by
governments of greater autonomy to higher education institutions.
This, crucially, comes bound with increased requirements for
accountability in the exercise of such power. Enhancing provision,
promoting innovation, cultivating exploration and adopting
information-led approaches to practice are at the very heart of
higher education. As such quality enhancement comes in many guises
and is under constant scrutiny. Enhancing Quality in Higher
Education looks critically at recent developments in higher
education, taking snapshots of changing practices around the world
and analysing the varied theoretical perspectives of quality
enhancement that are emerging. The opening section draws upon this
theoretical base, whilst the second section contextualises it
through the analysis of a diverse range of international case
studies. The concluding section considers future prospects for the
enhancement agenda in the light of the international pressures
facing all systems of higher education in the future. Policy will
inevitably be shaped by the historical contexts within which
national systems are located. The book draws on a wide range of
international case studies, examined by a host of contributing
experts. The movement towards quality enhancement can be seen as
stimulating action at the grassroots of the academy to
self-generate improvement. It is a counter to the prevalent view
that change in higher education is essentially about the
institutional response to increasing societal pressure and state
control and, as such, is a welcome contribution to the literature.
This comprehensive volume is essential reading for anyone involved
in higher education and educational policy.
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