Quality Assurance Policies and Practices in Scandinavian Higher Education Systems: Convergence or Different Paths?

Autor/in	Kalpazidou Schmidt, Evanthia
Titel	Quality Assurance Policies and Practices in Scandinavian Higher Education Systems: Convergence or Different Paths?
Quelle	In: Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, 39 (2017) 3, S.247-265 (19 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1360-080X
DOI	10.1080/1360080X.2017.1298194
Schlagwörter	Educational Quality; Quality Assurance; Higher Education; Educational Policy; Educational Change; Foreign Countries; Educational Cooperation; Educational Practices; Student Mobility; Guidelines; Comparative Education; Sweden; Denmark; Norway + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Quality of education; Bildungsqualität; Qualitätssicherung; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Bildungsreform; Ausland; Education; cooperation; Kooperation; Bildungspraxis; Student; Students; Mobility; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Mobilität; Richtlinien; Vergleichende Erziehungswissenschaft; Schweden; Dänemark; Norwegen
Abstract	Because there is close cooperation on quality assurance in the Scandinavian countries, one would expect there to be convergence of quality assurance policies and practices in Scandinavian higher education. Few studies have analysed these quality assurance policies and practices from a comparative viewpoint. Based on empirical evidence produced in connection with studies of recent quality reforms in Scandinavia and an approach based on linking diffusion and translation theories with institutionalist perspectives focusing on path dependency, the paper contributes to the current debate on Scandinavian quality assurance. The debate is compelling with regard to the Swedish case in particular, with its "one size fits all" approach and exclusive focus on outcomes which has been heavily criticised by the higher education institutions and has turned out to be controversial from the European viewpoint. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01