Quality assurance in higher education : proceedings of an international conference Hong Kong, 1991 / edited by Alma Craft.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Craft, Alma.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Education, Higher--Evaluation--Congresses.

Education, Higher.

Educational accountability--Congresses.

Educational accountability.

Universities and colleges--Accreditation--Congresses.

Universities and colleges.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (263 p.)

Place of Publication:

London ; Washington, D.C. : Falmer Press, 1992.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Examines systems of quality assurance in higher education from countries around the world. Authors from Australia, Hong Kong, India, Sweden, the UK, the US and the EC describe a range of international developments and offer varying perspectives on

Contents:

Book Cover; Title; Contents; Foreword; Editor's Introduction; Quality Assurance in Higher Education; Academic Standards Panels in Australia; The French Comite National d'Evaluation; The German Experience; The Hong Kong Initiative; Towards an Indian Accreditation System; The Netherlands: The Inspectorate Perspective; External Quality Assessment, Servant of Two Masters? The Netherlands University Perspective; Evaluation Criteria and Evaluation Systems: Reflections on Developments in Sweden and Some Other OECD Countries; The UK Academic Audit Unit; The US Accreditation System

Engineering Accreditation in the United StatesMutual Recognition and Transfer of Credits: Developments in Europe; The Experience of Validation at Hong Kong Polytechnic; Quality Assurance at the Open Learning Institute; External Examining at Hong Kong University; Conclusion; Appendix:Abstracts of Additional Papers; Notes on Contributors; Index

Notes:

Papers of a conference held in July 1991 hosted by the Hong Kong Council for Academic Accreditation (HKCAA).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-135-72276-5

0-203-28933-1

1-135-72277-3

1-280-06745-4

0-203-20955-9

9780203209554

OCLC:

437084315