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Drivers and Barriers to Achieving Quality in Higher Education

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  • This volume sets out to identify the drivers and overcome the barriers to establishing high quality in both European higher education and, by implication, worldwide higher education, drawing on new research supported by the European Union.

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
  2. Implementation and Translation

    • Don F. Westerheijden, Jan Kohoutek
    Pages 1-11
  3. Policy Drivers and Barriers to Implementation

    • Ray Land, Julie Rattray
    Pages 13-25
  4. Questions of Access

    • Heather Eggins
    Pages 27-41
  5. Two Approaches to Quality Assurance

    • Jakub Brdulak
    Pages 55-66
  6. Changes in Governance

    • Amélia Veiga, Cláudia S. Sarrico
    Pages 67-81
  7. Stakeholders and Quality Assurance in Higher Education

    • Liudvika Leisyte, Don F. Westerheijden
    Pages 83-97
  8. Information and Internal Quality Assurance in European and Slovak Higher Education Institutions

    • Alena HaÅ¡ková, ĽUbica Lachká, ĽUbor Pilárik, Julie Rattray
    Pages 99-107
  9. Moving Up

    • Catherine Owen, George Gordon
    Pages 109-126
  10. The Czech Case

    • Josef BeneÅ¡, Vladimír Roskovec, Helena Å ebková
    Pages 127-142
  11. From Central Regulation to Quality Culture

    • A. Prikulis, A. Rusakova, A. Rauhvargers
    Pages 143-152
  12. The Portuguese Case

    • Maria João Rosa, Alberto Amaral
    Pages 153-166
  13. Opening Up the Black Box

    • Jan Kohoutek, Don F. Westerheijden
    Pages 167-175
  14. Back Matter

    Pages 177-181

About this book

The topic of achieving and assuring quality in every higher education institution continues to be both relevant and urgent worldwide. This volume presents a considered discussion of a range of facets of the issue, drawing on the findings of a 3 year EU research programme  involving seven countries: Czech Republic, United Kingdom, Latvia, Portugal, Poland, Slovakia and the Netherlands. Topics include access, student assessment, governance, stakeholders, academic faculty, information and the interface between the secondary and tertiary sectors. The authors, all of whom are drawn from the research teams, explore particular aspects of the research objectives. These aim to identify the drivers and overcome the barriers to establishing high quality in both European higher education, in relation to the Standards and Guidelines for Quality Assurance  and, by implication, in worldwide higher education.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Durham University, UK

    Heather Eggins

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Drivers and Barriers to Achieving Quality in Higher Education

  • Editors: Heather Eggins

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6209-494-9

  • Publisher: SensePublishers Rotterdam

  • eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Education (R0)

  • Copyright Information: SensePublishers-Rotterdam, The Netherlands 2014

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-6209-494-9Published: 05 February 2014

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 182

  • Topics: Education, general

  • Industry Sectors: Engineering, Pharma

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