Enhancing quality in higher education : international perspectives /
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| Imprint: | Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, 2013. |
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| Description: | xl, 288 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | International studies in higher education International studies in higher education. |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/9136399 |
Table of Contents:
- List of Illustrations
- List of Contributors
- Series Editor's Introduction
- Foreword
- Acknowledgements
- List of Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part 1. Theorising Enhancement
- 1. Meanings of Enhancement
- 2. Quality Culture at What Cost? Pursuing Educational Excellence in Straitened Times
- 3. Achieving the Focus on Enhancement?
- 4. Using Research Findings to Inform Quality Enhancement
- Part 2. Enhancement in Context: International Perspectives
- 5. Quality Enhancement in England: From Funded Projects to Student-Led Demand
- 6. æTo See Ourselves as Others See Us': The Scottish Approach to Quality Enhancement
- 7. Quality Enhancement in American Higher Education
- 8. Enhancing Quality: A Finnish Perspective
- 9. Contributions of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning to Quality Enhancement in Canada
- 10. Quality Enhancement: The Australian Scene
- 11. The Portuguese Case: Can Institutions Move to Quality Enhancement?
- 12. Enhancing the Quality of Higher Education in the Czech Republic: Past, Present and Future Challenges
- 13. Enhancement or Transformation? The Significance and Dimensions of Quality Enhancement in Higher Education in South Africa
- 14. Obstacles to Improvement in Higher Education in Bosnia and Herzegovina
- 15. Quality Enhancement in Turkish Higher Education
- 16. The Four-Year Degree in Hong Kong: An Opportunity for Quality Enhancement
- 17. The Present Situation of Quality Enhancement in Japan
- 18. How a Nationwide Student Uprising Brought About Transformative Quality Enhancement in Sri Lankan Higher Education
- 19. Enhancing the Quality of Higher Education in Vietnam
- 20. The Impact of Quality Improvement on University Work: An Overview in Seven Ibero-American Countries
- Part 3. Conclusion
- 21. Enhancing the Future: Context and Fidelity
- Index
