The Impact of Accreditation on the Reform of Study Programmes in Germany

Autor/inn/en	Suchanek, Justine; Pietzonka, Manuel; Kunzel, Rainer H. F.; Futterer, Torsten
Titel	The Impact of Accreditation on the Reform of Study Programmes in Germany
Quelle	In: Higher Education Management and Policy, 24 (2012) 1, Artikel 7 (24 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1682-3451
DOI	10.1787/hemp-24-5k994dvr0d41
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Higher Education; National Standards; Accreditation (Institutions); Content Analysis; Interviews; Quality Assurance; Educational Quality; Program Effectiveness; Educational Policy; Policy Analysis; Educational Change; Educational Improvement; Germany + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Accreditation; Institution; Institutions; Akkreditierung; Staatliche Anerkennung; Institut; Inhaltsanalyse; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Qualitätssicherung; Quality of education; Bildungsqualität; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Politikfeldanalyse; Bildungsreform; Teaching improvement; Unterrichtsentwicklung; Deutschland
Abstract	The Bologna Process put in motion a series of reforms for higher education. In Germany, the "Bologna reform" focused national standards and guidelines which served as criteria for obligatory programme accreditation by external bodies. This article reports on the results of an empirical study that examined the effects and limitations of accreditation as a means of monitoring the reform of study programmes. An analysis of 1 380 accreditation decisions taken in the Federal State of Lower Saxony between July 2004 and December 2009 and a series of interviews of key actors in the state's 36 higher education institutions gave rise to a better understanding of whether accreditation does in fact support HEIs' quality assurance goals. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10