TY - JOUR
T1 - Quality assurance of higher education in transition countries
T2 - Accreditation - Accountability and assessment
AU - Hendel, Darwin D
AU - Lewis, Darrell R.
PY - 2005/9
Y1 - 2005/9
N2 - One issue facing countries in transition concerns how to ensure quality for a broader and more diverse set of institutions. Quality assurance processes (i.e. accreditation, accountability and assessment) have particular relevance today as higher education undergoes dramatic changes in countries in transition, as the world becomes more internationalised, and as private higher education institutions increase in number and enrol increasing numbers of students. Three questions emerge. Do differences among transition countries relative to central control prior to independence explain the current set of quality assurance mechanisms? Has the growth of private higher education in transition countries affected how quality assurance is conceptualised? Have quality assurance mechanisms been affected by the opening of branch campuses in transition countries?
AB - One issue facing countries in transition concerns how to ensure quality for a broader and more diverse set of institutions. Quality assurance processes (i.e. accreditation, accountability and assessment) have particular relevance today as higher education undergoes dramatic changes in countries in transition, as the world becomes more internationalised, and as private higher education institutions increase in number and enrol increasing numbers of students. Three questions emerge. Do differences among transition countries relative to central control prior to independence explain the current set of quality assurance mechanisms? Has the growth of private higher education in transition countries affected how quality assurance is conceptualised? Have quality assurance mechanisms been affected by the opening of branch campuses in transition countries?
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U2 - 10.1007/s11233-005-5111-y
DO - 10.1007/s11233-005-5111-y
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:22344444984
SN - 1358-3883
VL - 11
SP - 239
EP - 258
JO - Tertiary Education and Management
JF - Tertiary Education and Management
IS - 3
ER -