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ISBN: 978-1-85578-171-9
CONTENTS
Introduction
The changing concepts of quality in the assessment of study programmes, teaching and learning
Don F. Westerheljden
The multiple functions of evaluation and quality assessment
John Brennan
Assessment and management in institutions of higher education
Jef C. Verhoeven
Assessment as a tool for different kinds of action: from quality management to compliance and control
Alberto Amaral, Maria João Rosa and Diana Tavares
Accreditation: the role of a new assessment approach in Europe and the overall map of evaluation in European higher education
Ulrich Techler
Quality assessment and indicators in higher education: needs, problems and potential
Jan Sadlak
The potential and problems of peer evaluation in higher education and research
Hans-Dieter Daniel, Sandra Mitta and Lutz Bornmann
Strengths and weaknesses of citation indices and impact factors
Alessandro Figà-Talamanca
The underestimated humanities and social sciences
Wim Blockmans
Stability amidst a storm of evaluation: policy trends and practice in higher education evaluation in Japan
Akiyoshi Yonezawa
Improving the evaluation of the education - employment relationship in France
Pierre Dubois
The accreditation system in The Netherlands and Flanders
Karl Dittrich and Leendert Klaassen
Accreditation in The Netherlands: an improvement of external quality assessment?
Wynand Wijnen
Quality assessment in higher education: an overview of institutionalization, practices, problems and conflicts
Massimillano Vaira
Wenner - Gren International Series Volume
Quality Assessment for Higher Education in Europe
Edited by Alessandro Cavalli
Year of publication: 2007ISBN: 978-1-85578-171-9
CONTENTS
Introduction
The changing concepts of quality in the assessment of study programmes, teaching and learning
Don F. Westerheljden
The multiple functions of evaluation and quality assessment
John Brennan
Assessment and management in institutions of higher education
Jef C. Verhoeven
Assessment as a tool for different kinds of action: from quality management to compliance and control
Alberto Amaral, Maria João Rosa and Diana Tavares
Accreditation: the role of a new assessment approach in Europe and the overall map of evaluation in European higher education
Ulrich Techler
Quality assessment and indicators in higher education: needs, problems and potential
Jan Sadlak
The potential and problems of peer evaluation in higher education and research
Hans-Dieter Daniel, Sandra Mitta and Lutz Bornmann
Strengths and weaknesses of citation indices and impact factors
Alessandro Figà-Talamanca
The underestimated humanities and social sciences
Wim Blockmans
Stability amidst a storm of evaluation: policy trends and practice in higher education evaluation in Japan
Akiyoshi Yonezawa
Improving the evaluation of the education - employment relationship in France
Pierre Dubois
The accreditation system in The Netherlands and Flanders
Karl Dittrich and Leendert Klaassen
Accreditation in The Netherlands: an improvement of external quality assessment?
Wynand Wijnen
Quality assessment in higher education: an overview of institutionalization, practices, problems and conflicts
Massimillano Vaira