Whose Quality Conventions? The Application of Convention Theory in Higher Education

Autor/in	Baird, Jeanette
Titel	Whose Quality Conventions? The Application of Convention Theory in Higher Education
Quelle	In: Tertiary Education and Management, 14 (2008) 1, S.67-79 (13 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1358-3883
Schlagwörter	Stellungnahme; Higher Education; Postsecondary Education; Foreign Countries; Classification; Colleges; Stakeholders; Evaluation; Accreditation (Institutions); Global Approach; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Post-secondary education; Tertiäre Bildung; Ausland; Classification system; Klassifikation; Klassifikationssystem; College; Hochschule; Fachhochschule; Evaluierung; Accreditation; Institution; Institutions; Akkreditierung; Staatliche Anerkennung; Institut; Globales Denken; Australien
Abstract	Internationally, demands for greater certainty over the quality of higher education are multiplying. This article argues that convention theory offers insights for considering quality in higher education in an increasingly market-based system. Examples from the Australian higher education system are used to show how quality conventions can be mapped at varying system levels and across varying actors and how the existing taxonomy of quality in higher education can be located in a wider social and economic framework. It is suggested that this approach assists in identifying those quality conventions which may become dominant across stakeholder groups. (Contains 2 tables and 5 notes.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10