Abstract
The authors report on West European trends in follow-up arrangements of national quality assurance procedures. They argue that external quality assurance ought to adopt a broader conception of quality than is now often the case. Next, the general public ought to have a guarantee that external quality assurance is valid (through meta-evaluation) and has consequences (through follow-up arrangements). Follow-up currently is not well developed in many European countries in a formal sense, but is receiving more attention as external quality assurance is maturing. Finally, the authors link national quality assurance to the European dimension; an international network could fulfil important functions in making quality assurance transparent and credible across Europe.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 155-163 |
Number of pages | 9 |
Journal | European journal for education law and policy |
Volume | 2 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1999 |
Keywords
- European dimension
- Follow-up procedures
- Higher education
- Quality assessment
- Quality assurance