Compliance or Quality?: American and British Approaches to the Accreditation of Higher Education Institutions

Autor/in	Alderman, Geoffrey
Titel	Compliance or Quality?: American and British Approaches to the Accreditation of Higher Education Institutions
Quelle	In: College and University, 81 (2005) 1, S.17-22 (6 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0010-0889
Schlagwörter	Colleges; Accreditation (Institutions); Educational Quality; Higher Education; Global Approach; Models; Educational Assessment; Academic Standards; Foreign Countries; Quality Control; United Kingdom; United States + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? College; Hochschule; Fachhochschule; Accreditation; Institution; Institutions; Akkreditierung; Staatliche Anerkennung; Institut; Quality of education; Bildungsqualität; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Globales Denken; Analogiemodell; Education; assessment; Bewertungssystem; Ausland; Qualitätskontrolle; Großbritannien; USA
Abstract	The globalization of higher education has resulted in a number of British institutions applying for American accreditation. In 2002, the UK Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education admitted its first American member. All these institutions must therefore confront the need to satisfy two very different approaches to the assurance of quality and the maintenance of academic standards. This paper explores these two systems, and the very different philosophies that under pin them. Can these two approaches be reconciled? Can they be merged into one system embracing higher-education institutions in both countries? (Contains 19 footnotes.) (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10