Accountability in higher education : global perspectives on trust and power / edited by Bjørn Stensaker, Lee Harvey.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Stensaker, Bjørn.

Harvey, Lee, 1949-

Series:

International studies in higher education

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Educational accountability--Cross-cultural studies.

Educational accountability.

Education, Higher--Evaluation--Cross-cultural studies.

Education, Higher.

Education, Higher--Evaluation.

Genre:

Cross-cultural studies.

Physical Description:

xv, 270 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, 2011.

Contents:

Introduction and overview of the book / Bjørn Stensaker and Lee Harvey

Accountability: understandings and challenges / Bjørn Stensaker and Lee Harvey

Accountability in Australia: more power to government and market / Jeanette Baird

Accountability in Africa: a disciplinary power in African higher education systems / Gerald Wangenge-Ouma & Patrício V. Langa

Accountability in China: primitive attempts / Shuiyun Liu

Accountability in Eastern Europe: becoming like everywhere else? / Paul Temple

Accountability in Western Europe: shifting quality assurance paradigms / André Sursock

Accountability in Latin America: focusing on quality assurance and funding mechanisms / Maria-José Lemaitre

Accountability in the United States: sorting through an American muddle / Robert Zemsky

Accountability and cross-border higher education: dynamics, trends and challenges / Robin Middlehurst

Transnational accountability initiatives: the case of the EUA-audits / Alberto Amaral and Maria José Rosa

Managerial and political strategies for handling accountability / William F. Massy

Conclusions and reflections / Bjørn Stensaker and Lee Harvey.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780415871952

0415871956

9780415871969

0415871964

9780203846162

0203846168

OCLC:

491890045