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This chapter situates the case of Thailand in relation to the broader conversation on the global convergence of higher education (HE) governance. While the definition of governance varies and encompasses a host of contested meanings and definitions, this chapter looks at one specific aspect of governance in HE: the rise of quality-related policy or quality policy for short. The term “quality policy” was coined by Ozga et al. (Fabricating quality: Data and governance in Europe. Routledge, Oxford, pp. 1–8, 2011) to connote the current discussion of differing policies: quality assessment/assurance, quality management, and quality audit. This ensemble of quality policies shares similar trends, which include a focus on measuring, quantitative indicators, and ranking between and within education systems. Quality becomes a generic goal in and of itself, travelling across public and private organizations, schools and universities (Ozga et al. in Fabricating quality: Data and governance in Europe. Routledge, Oxford, pp. 1–8, 2011).
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Lao, R. (2019). The Changing Governance of Thai Higher Education. In: Jarvis, D., Mok, K. (eds) Transformations in Higher Education Governance in Asia. Higher Education in Asia: Quality, Excellence and Governance. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-9294-8_11
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