Quality assurance in higher education : for whom and of what?
Pillay, Hitendra K. & Kimber, Megan (2009) Quality assurance in higher education : for whom and of what? International Journal of Management in Education, 3(3/4), pp. 270-281.
DOI: 10.1504/IJMIE.2009.027349
Official URL: http://www.inderscience.com/browse/index.php?journ...
Abstract
Over the past two decades the quality assurance of higher education institutions has captured a growing interest as evidenced by the increasing number of national and transnational bodies engaged in this area. Yet as the first decade of the 21st century draws to a close, higher education systems and thus the regimes designed to ensure their quality are faced with significant complexity. Issues of accountability, authority and responsibility are paramount when responding to industry bodies, to globalisation and the transnational provision of higher education and to the use of market mechanisms. In this paper we raise some of the challenges for quality assurance for higher education presented by this growing complexity through the question, quality assurance in higher education, for whom and of what, highlighting our concern for a need to expand the centrality of accountability to include authority and responsibility as part of the quality assurance regimes for higher education
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| ID Code: | 28694 |
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| Item Type: | Journal Article |
| Keywords: | Quality Assurance, Higher Education, Accountability, Responsibility, Responsiveness, External Regulator |
| ISSN: | 1750-385X |
| Divisions: | Current > Research Centres > Centre for Learning Innovation Current > QUT Faculties and Divisions > Faculty of Education Current > Schools > School of Learning & Professional Studies |
| Deposited On: | 19 Nov 2009 13:49 |
| Last Modified: | 02 Feb 2012 20:49 |
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