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Quality Assurance in an International Higher Education Area

A Case Study Approach and Comparative Analysis

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  • © 2012

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  1. Andrea Bernhard
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Table of contents (15 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages 1-12
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  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction

      • Andrea Bernhard
      Pages 13-16

  3. Theoretical Approach

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 17-17
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    2. Transformative Higher Education

      • Andrea Bernhard
      Pages 19-38

    3. Quality Assurance in Higher Education

      • Andrea Bernhard
      Pages 39-68

  4. Research Design

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 69-69
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    2. Methodology and Operationalisation

      • Andrea Bernhard
      Pages 71-82

  5. Country Reports

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 83-83
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    2. Austria

      • Andrea Bernhard
      Pages 85-94

    3. Germany

      • Andrea Bernhard
      Pages 95-104

    4. Finland

      • Andrea Bernhard
      Pages 105-114

    5. United Kingdom (UK)

      • Andrea Bernhard
      Pages 115-126

    6. United States of America (U.S.)

      • Andrea Bernhard
      Pages 127-137

    7. Canada

      • Andrea Bernhard
      Pages 139-154

  6. Expert Interviews

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 155-155
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    2. Basic Considerations

      • Andrea Bernhard
      Pages 157-162

    3. Operationalisation and Data

      • Andrea Bernhard
      Pages 163-170

    4. Analysis and Evaluation

      • Andrea Bernhard
      Pages 171-223

  7. Comparison and Future Challenges

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 225-225
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    2. Comparative Analysis

      • Andrea Bernhard
      Pages 227-256
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About this book

Rethinking the purpose and the aim of higher education has led to new and alternative ways to assure the quality of different higher education systems. In the case studies of six OECD countries, Andrea Bernhard exemplifies the ongoing trends and changes of quality assurance systems along peer-reviewed country reports and interviews with national and international experts. The comparative analysis is based on international, descriptive, discursive, and analytical aspects concentrating on the theoretical concepts of massification, diversification, privatisation, and internationalisation. The author highlights the leading trend towards quality assurance within an international higher education area and provides recommendations to establish a functioning quality assurance system within the observed higher education systems and beyond their borders. This book is valuable reading for academics, practitioners, and policy makers in the field of higher education.

About the author

Dr. Andrea Bernhard is a research fellow at the Department of Educational Science at the University of Graz, Austria.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Quality Assurance in an International Higher Education Area

  • Book Subtitle: A Case Study Approach and Comparative Analysis

  • Authors: Andrea Bernhard

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-531-94298-8

  • Publisher: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften Wiesbaden

  • eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Education (R0)

  • Copyright Information: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften | Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden GmbH 2012

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-531-18566-8Published: 04 November 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-531-94298-8Published: 10 November 2011

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: 300

  • Number of Illustrations: 25 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Education, general

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