The Long Road--How Evolving Institutional Governance Mechanisms Are Changing the Face of Quality in Portuguese Higher Education

Autor/inn/en	Sarrico, Cláudia S.; Veiga, Amélia; Amaral, Alberto
Titel	The Long Road--How Evolving Institutional Governance Mechanisms Are Changing the Face of Quality in Portuguese Higher Education
Quelle	In: Educational Assessment, Evaluation and Accountability, 25 (2013) 4, S.375-391 (17 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1874-8597
DOI	10.1007/s11092-013-9174-x
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Governance; Administrative Change; College Administration; Higher Education; Educational Quality; Quality Assurance; Case Studies; Semi Structured Interviews; Administrators; College Faculty; College Students; Portugal + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Education; Educational policy; Financing; Steuerung; Bildung; Erziehung; Bildungspolitik; Finanzierung; College administrators; Hochschulverwaltung; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Quality of education; Bildungsqualität; Qualitätssicherung; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Fakultät; Collegestudent
Abstract	While a lot has been written regarding the changing management and governance arrangements in higher education, less is known about how this progression relates to quality in higher education. The purpose of this article is to describe the context of governance in Portuguese higher education institutions and how institutional governance arrangements impact on quality and quality assurance mechanisms of higher education. The study is based on four institutional cases studies, comprising two universities and two polytechnic institutions. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with senior managers, middle managers, academics and students from Arts and Engineering, and documentary analysis was undertaken. The main findings show that national and institutional features of governance and management may influence the implementation of quality policy and procedures, and indeed quality improvement. The different institutional actors seem to be aware of the dynamic nature of the equilibrium between positive and negative impacts and recognise the need for checks and balances in the governance and management structures of higher education institutions, especially between collegial and managerial facets. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10