Between Quality and Control: What Can We Learn from Higher Education Quality Assurance Policy in the Netherlands

Autor/inn/en	Chu, Aijing; Westerheijden, Don F.
Titel	Between Quality and Control: What Can We Learn from Higher Education Quality Assurance Policy in the Netherlands
Quelle	In: Quality in Higher Education, 24 (2018) 3, S.260-270 (11 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1353-8322
DOI	10.1080/13538322.2018.1559513
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; International Cooperation; Educational Cooperation; Educational Quality; Accountability; Student Mobility; Study Abroad; Educational Policy; Quality Assurance; Accreditation (Institutions); Audits (Verification); Higher Education; Educational Improvement; Trust (Psychology); Netherlands + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Internationale Kooperation; Internationale Zusammenarbeit; Education; cooperation; Kooperation; Quality of education; Bildungsqualität; Verantwortung; Student; Students; Mobility; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Mobilität; Studies abroad; Auslandsstudium; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Qualitätssicherung; Accreditation; Institution; Institutions; Akkreditierung; Staatliche Anerkennung; Institut; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Teaching improvement; Unterrichtsentwicklung; Niederlande
Abstract	Among pioneering European countries who started to establish a formal higher education quality assurance system in the 1980s, the Netherlands adopted one based on peer review and quality enhancement, which was replaced in 2003 by an accountability-oriented accreditation system under the substantial influence of the Bologna Process. Recently, the emphasis is being put on institutional audit to restore a culture of quality within higher education institutions. This article addresses the question of what the higher education worldwide can learn from the evolution of Dutch quality assurance policy concerning control, the balance between accountability and quality improvement and trust. Finally, recent adaptations to the current, third, round of accreditation are also addressed in this context. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01