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A macro-analysis of quality assessment in higher education

✍ Scribed by Egbert Weert

Publisher
Springer
Year
1990
Tongue
English
Weight
972 KB
Volume
19
Category
Article
ISSN
0018-1560

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✦ Synopsis

In most West European countries a quality control system for higher education is in a process of development. This article examines some general characteristics of the emerging structures, how quality is defined and what impact this definition has on internal evaluation.

On the basis of a more substantive conceptualization of the term quality, the current trend of a quality control system in which quality is predominantly defined from one central power centre is questioned. Important methodological and substantive weaknesses inherent in this centralist model will be discussed.

In the final section a shift towards a quality control system is advocated in which other interests and perspectives are taken into account.

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