Market-Based Policies and Higher Education: Assuring and Improving Efficiency and Academic Quality in the University Sector

Autor/in	Dill, David D.
Titel	Market-Based Policies and Higher Education: Assuring and Improving Efficiency and Academic Quality in the University Sector
Quelle	In: Higher Education Forum, 15 (2018), S.1-18 (18 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2432-9614
Schlagwörter	Commercialization; Quality Assurance; Educational Quality; Educational Research; Educational Policy; Public Policy; Policy Formation; Higher Education; Universities; Efficiency; Competition; Reputation; Taxes; Grants; Consumer Economics; Foreign Countries; Japan; Germany; Netherlands + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Qualitätssicherung; Quality of education; Bildungsqualität; Bildungsforschung; Pädagogische Forschung; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Öffentliche Ordnung; Politische Betätigung; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; University; Universität; Effectiveness; Effektivität; Wirkungsgrad; Wettkampf; Abgabe; Grant; Finanzielle Beihilfe; Konsumökonomie; Ausland; Deutschland; Niederlande
Abstract	The expansion of opportunity in higher education and the recognition of the influence of academic research on economic development have motivated policy reforms in many national systems of higher education including Japan. Many of these national reforms involve facilitating market forces in higher education, which is a new context for many universities. What has been learned about the impacts of these policies on the university sector? This paper will review research on the three primary policy instruments for creating market competition in a sector: policies altering the basic conditions of a market -- the framework laws and values within which universities operate; policies affecting market structure -- the number of buyers and sellers, the pricing of goods and services, freeing and simulating markets; and policies directly affecting the conduct of buyers and sellers -- government regulation and the provision of information. Given the recent regulatory developments in Japanese higher education, the paper will particularly focus on the design of quality assurance policies in the university sector. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Research Institute for Higher Education, Hiroshima University. 1-2-2 Kagamiyama, Higashi-hiroshima, Hiroshima City, Japan 739-8512. Tel: +81-82-424-6240; Fax: +81-82-422-7104; e-mail: k-kokyo@office.hiroshima-u.ac.jp; Web site: https://rihe.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/publications/en/hef_en/
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01