Higher Education Quality Assurance Processes in Latin America: A Comparative Perspective

Autor/in	Lamarra, Norberto Fernandez
Titel	Higher Education Quality Assurance Processes in Latin America: A Comparative Perspective
Quelle	In: Policy Futures in Education, 7 (2009) 5, S.486-497 (12 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1478-2103
DOI	10.2304/pfie.2009.7.5.486
Schlagwörter	Higher Education; Quality Control; Foreign Countries; Latin Americans; Accreditation (Institutions); Institutional Evaluation; Standards; Educational Quality; Educational Development; Educational Policy; Barriers; Evaluation Criteria; Regional Characteristics; Comparative Analysis + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Qualitätskontrolle; Ausland; Latin America; People; Lateinamerika; Bevölkerung; Volk; Accreditation; Institution; Institutions; Akkreditierung; Staatliche Anerkennung; Institut; Standard; Quality of education; Bildungsqualität; Bildungsentwicklung; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Regionaler Faktor
Abstract	The article first considers a characterization of higher education in Latin America, the principal problems and the scenarios that have led to the inclusion of quality assessment and accreditation processes in higher education as a priority in the regional agenda. The following aspects are then developed from a comparative perspective: the main current conceptions in the region concerning quality and its assurance; current regulation of evaluation and accreditation, with a detailed description; the quality assurance organizations and a comparative approach to their institutional functions and characteristics; and the main methodological approaches to quality assessment and accreditation. For each of these topics the article gives a resume of the regional situation with, if necessary, a description of the most representative national situations. Finally, the main trends and achievements are analyzed, along with the challenges to regional quality assurance, with a special focus on the Latin American experience. (Contains 8 notes and 4 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10