Accountability in Higher Education

Informationen zum Autor Bjørn Stensaker is research professor at NIFU STEP – The Norwegian Institute for Studies in Innovation, Research and Education in Oslo. Lee Harvey is professor at Copenhagen Business School in Denmark, and former director of the Centre for Research and Evaluation at Sheffield Hallam University. Klappentext The latest volume in the Routledge International Studies in Higher Education series, Accountability in Higher Education takes an in-depth look at accountability initiatives around the world. Zusammenfassung The latest volume in the Routledge International Studies in Higher Education series, Accountability in Higher Education takes an in-depth look at accountability initiatives around the world. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction and overview of the book , Bjørn Stensaker and Lee Harvey 2. Accountability: Understandings and challenges , Bjørn Stensaker and Lee Harvey Part I. An overview of accountability schemes in different regions 3. Accountability in Australia: More power to government and market , Jeanette Baird 4. Accountability in Africa: A disciplinary power in African higher education systems , Gerald Wangenge-Ouma & Patrício V. Langa 5. Accountability in China: Primitive attempts , Shuiyun Liu 6. Accountability in Eastern Europe: Becoming like everywhere else? Paul Temple 7. Accountability in Western Europe: Shifting quality assurance paradigms , Andrée Sursock 8. Accountability in Latin America: Focusing on quality assurance and funding mechanisms , Maria-José Lemaitre 9. Accountability in the United States: Sorting through an American muddle , Robert Zemsky Part II. International trends, challenges and responses to accountability initiatives 10. Accountability and Cross-border Higher Education: Dynamics, trends and challenges , Robin Middlehurst 11. Transnational Accountability Initiatives: The case of the EUA-audits , Alberto Amaral and Maria João Rosa 12. Managerial and Political Strategies for Handling Accountability , William F. Massy 13. Conclusions and reflections , Bjørn Stensaker and Lee Harvey ...

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Bjorn Stensaker, Bjorn Stensaker
• Mitarbeit: Lee Harvey (Herausgeber), Lee (Copenhagen Business School Harvey (Herausgeber), Harvey Lee (Herausgeber), Bjorn Stensaker (Herausgeber), Bjorn (University of Oslo Stensaker (Herausgeber), Stensaker Bjorn (Herausgeber)
• Verlag: Routledge Academic
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 11.10.2010
• EAN: 9780415871952
• ISBN: 978-0-415-87195-2
• Seiten: 272
• Serien: International Studies in Higher Education; International Studies in Higher Education
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Pädagogik > Allgemeines, Lexika; EDUCATION / General, EDUCATION / Administration / General, Philosophy & theory of education, Philosophy and theory of education, Higher & further education, tertiary education, Higher education, tertiary education, EDUCATION / Schools / Levels / Higher