TY - BOOK ID - 7913306 TI - Public policy for academic quality : analyses of innovative policy instruments AU - Dill, David D. AU - Beerkens, Maarja. PY - 2010 SN - 9048137535 9786612927669 1282927663 9048137543 PB - New York : Springer, DB - UniCat KW - Academic achievement -- United States -- Evaluation. KW - Quality assurance -- United States. KW - Universities and colleges -- United States -- Evaluation. KW - Universities and colleges KW - Academic achievement KW - Quality assurance KW - Theory & Practice of Education KW - Education, Special Topics KW - Education KW - Social Sciences KW - Evaluation KW - Higher education and state. KW - Education, Higher KW - Standards KW - Government policy. KW - College students KW - Higher education KW - State and higher education KW - Government policy KW - Education. KW - Educational policy. KW - ducation and state. KW - Higher education. KW - Higher Education. KW - Educational Policy and Politics. KW - Postsecondary education KW - Education policy KW - Educational policy KW - State and education KW - Social policy KW - Endowment of research KW - Children KW - Education, Primitive KW - Education of children KW - Human resource development KW - Instruction KW - Pedagogy KW - Schooling KW - Students KW - Youth KW - Civilization KW - Learning and scholarship KW - Mental discipline KW - Schools KW - Teaching KW - Training KW - Education and state UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:7913306 AB - This volume summarizes a significant body of research systematically analyzing innovative external quality assurance policies in higher education around the world. It will be essential reading for policy makers, administrators and researchers alike. Over the last decade the structure of higher education in most countries has undergone significant change. This change, brought about by social demands for expanded access, technological developments, and market forces, has seen the traditional concerns with access and cost supplemented by a fresh concern with academic quality. As a result new public policies on academic quality assurance have rapidly emerged and migrated around the globe. However, the public debate about new academic quality assurance policies, both within and across countries, has not always been informed by reliable analyses of the strengths and weaknesses of these innovative instruments. It is this gap that the current edited volume seeks to fill. It is based on the work of the Public Policy for Academic Quality research program (PPAQ), which was designed to provide systematic analyses of innovative external quality assurance policies around the world. This volume, informed by key international scholars, presents the fourteen analyses conducted as part of the PPAQ research program. Each analysis examines the policy goals, implementation problems, and impacts of these newly developed national quality assurance instruments. The book concludes with an assessment of the lessons learned from these collected policy analyses and outlines the framework conditions that appear essential for assuring academic standards in the university sector. ER -