Knowledge, power and meanings shaping quality assurance in higher education: a systemic critique
β Scribed by Houston, Don; Paewai, Shelley
- Book ID
- 127180474
- Publisher
- Taylor and Francis Group
- Year
- 2013
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 334 KB
- Volume
- 19
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1353-8322
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π SIMILAR VOLUMES
The materials cited in this chapter are based on recent scholarship and materials available through the new electronic technologies. They provide an international collection of practical sources for dealing with quality assurance issues.
Quality improvement and accountability are significant concerns for higher education in both the United Kingdom and the United States. This chapter outlines and compares the quality assurance processes in the two countries and identifies certain similarities and differences.
Quality assurance in higher education is an activity as much personal as systemic, as much moral as technical. Effective quality assurance in colleges and universities is built on thoughtfully crafted systems and on the caring and courage of those who hold those learning climates in trust.