Defining and Measuring Academic Standards: A British Perspective

Autor/in	Alderman, Geoffrey
Titel	Defining and Measuring Academic Standards: A British Perspective
Quelle	In: Higher Education Management and Policy, 21 (2009) 3, S.1-14 (14 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1682-3451
DOI	10.1787/hemp-21-5ksf24ssz1wc
Schlagwörter	Higher Education; Academic Standards; Measurement; Economics; Foreign Students; Foreign Countries; College Environment; Government Role; Educational Policy; Policy Analysis; Educational Change; Educational History; Educational Finance; College Administration; Administrative Principles; Educational Innovation; International Education; Public Policy; Educational Improvement; Advisory Committees; Reports; Accreditation (Institutions); Institutional Evaluation; United Kingdom + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Messverfahren; Volkswirtschaftslehre; Ausland; Hochschulumwelt; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Politikfeldanalyse; Bildungsreform; History of education; Bildungsgeschichte; Bildungsfonds; College administrators; Hochschulverwaltung; Instructional innovation; Bildungsinnovation; Internationale Erziehung; Öffentliche Ordnung; Teaching improvement; Unterrichtsentwicklung; Beratungsstelle; Abschlussbericht; Berichten; Accreditation; Institution; Institutions; Akkreditierung; Staatliche Anerkennung; Institut; Großbritannien
Abstract	Historically, the definition and measurement of academic standards in British higher education have been the exclusive prerogative of the academic community. The calibration of standards across institutions was the responsibility and purpose of the external-examiner system. But the mechanisms in place to achieve these ends have broken down under the weight of the massification of UK higher education, the need to recruit international students to sustain revenue streams, and the league-table or rankings culture that has resulted in academic standards being sacrificed in order to maintain or improve institutional image. In 2008 the House of Commons inaugurated a wide-ranging inquiry into these matters. Its August 2009 report proposes radical solutions, the adoption of which will represent a definitive break with the traditions of the past. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10