International Quality Assurance

• Publications and Periodicals
• International Organizations and Initiatives
• Conferences and Meetings
• Oversight Bodies
• Credential Recognition
• Joint Degrees
• Related Systems and Processes

Publications and Periodicals

Reports

• The National Assessment of Courses in Brazil – Public Policy for Academic Quality Research Program, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Policy Analysis (2004), Simon Schwartzman

• Is There a Global Definition of Academic Quality?: A Cross-National Analysis of University Ranking Systems – Public Policy for Academic Quality Research Program, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Background Paper (2004), David D. Dill and Maarja Soo

 

• Transparency and Quality in Higher Education Markets – Public Policy for Academic Quality Research Program, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Background Paper (2004), David D. Dill and Maarja Soo 

• The `Catch 22′ of Academic Quality:  Implications for Universities and Public Policy – Public Policy for Academic Quality Research Program, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Background Paper (2003), David D. Dill 

• The Degradation of the Academic Ethic:  Teaching, Research, and Self Regulation – Public Policy for Academic Quality Research Program, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Background Paper (2003), David D. Dill

• Quality Procedures in European Higher Education: An ENQA Survey
  The Danish Evaluation Institute – ENQA Occasional Papers 5 (2003)

• Wegweiser 2003: Qualitätssicherung an Hochschulen
  Sachstandsbericht und Ergebnisse einer Umfrage des Projektes Qualitätssicherung  – HRK (DE) (7/2003)   

• The Regulation of Academic Quality:  An Assessment of University Evaluation Systems with Emphasis on the United States – Public Policy for Academic Quality Research Program, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Background Paper (2003), David D. Dill

• Allowing the Market to Rule:  The Case of the United States – Public Policy for Academic Quality Research Program, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Background Paper (2002), David D. Dill

• Methods of Assessing the Quality of Public Service and Outreach in Institutions of Higher Education  – W.K. Kellogg Foundation (1999)

• A Report on Public Expectations of Postsecondary Education in Canada –
  Council of Ministers of Education, Canada (1999)

Periodicals

• ENQA News

• International Higher Education
  The Boston College Center for International Higher Education

• Tertiary Education and Management
  The Journal of EAIR, a European Higher Education Society

• Quality in Higher Education

 

Articles

• Do We Need an International Confederation for Quality Review of Higher Education?
  September 2003 CHEA Letter from the President

• Establishing Quality Assurance in the South African Context
  A.H. Strydom and J.F. Strydom –  Quality in Higher Education; July 2004, Vol. 10, Issue 2, p101

• International Quality Review and Accreditation: The Role of CHEA Accreditors
  September 2000 CHEA Letter from the President

• International Quality Review and Accreditation: The Role of U.S. Recognized Accrediting Organizations
  August 2002 CHEA Letter from the President

• National Leadership and International Quality Review in Higher Education
  Judith S. Eaton – International Higher Education, Number 34, Winter 2004 – Pages 5-6

• The Costs and Benefits of World-Class Universities
  Philip G. Altbach – Academe, Jan/Feb2004, Vol. 90, Issue 1

• The Opportunity Cost of the Pursuit of International Quality Standards
  Judith S. Eaton – International Higher Education, Number 34, Summer 2004

 

Books

• Accreditation and Evaluation in the European Higher Education Area
  Stefanie Schwarz and Don F. Westerheijden, Eds.
  Kluwer (Dordrecht, 2004)

• Managing Quality in Higher Education
  An International Perspective on Institutional Assessment and Change
  John Brennan and Tarla Shah – OECD, The Society for Research into Higher Education, and Open University Press (Buckingham, 2000)

• Quality Assurance Agencies
  Published by the Higher Education and Training Awards Council (Ireland), for INQAAHE and IAUP (Dublin, 2003)

• Quality and Internationalisation in Higher Education
  OECD Programme on Institutional Management in Higher Education (Paris, 1999)

• Quality Assurance in Higher Education: An International Perspective
  Gerald H. Gaither, Ed.
  Jossey-Bass Publishers (San Francisco, 1998)

• What Works – Policy Seminar on Student Success, Accreditation, and Quality Assurance
  Pennsylvania State University, Center for the Study of Higher Education

International Organizations and Initiatives

• The European Dimension of Institutional Quality Management

• European Evaluation Society

• European Foundation for Management Development (EFMD)

• European Network for Quality Assurance in Higher Education (ENQA)

• European Quality Improvement System (EQUIS)

• European University Association (EUA)

• Joint Quality Initiative  

• International Network for Quality Assurance Agencies in Higher Education (INQAAHE)

• IAUP Commission on World-Wide Accreditation

• International Accreditation and Recognition Council

• Internationalisation Quality Review (IQR)

Conferences and Meetings

• International Workshop and Seminar on Quality Assurance and Accreditation, Jakarta, Indonesia, July 15-19, 2002

• Seminario Internacional: “La formación de los ingenieros y la acreditación de las carreras de ingeniería en Francia y en los países del MERCOSUR” – Buenos Aires, 26 y 27 de Agosto 2002    

• Assessing Quality in Higher Education Conference Series

Oversight Bodies      North America           Canada

• Canadian Association of University Schools of Nursing     

• Canadian Information Centre for International Credentials      

• Commission d’Evaluation de l’Enseignement Collegial     

• Ontario Council on Graduate Studies

          United States

• U.S. Department of Education – Accreditation in the United States

               Regional Commissions

•  Middle States

•  New England

•  North Central

•  Northwest

•  Southern

•  Western

               Other U.S.

• Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET)

• Association for the Advancement of Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB International)

• Association of Collegiate Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP)

• Association of Specialized and Professional Accreditors (ASPA)

• Centre for Quality Assurance in International Education

• Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA)

• National Council for the Advancement of Teacher Education (NCATE)

 

     Europe

• Admissions Officers and Credential Evaluators (of the EAIE) (ACE)

• European Quality Improvement System (EQUIS)

Austria

• Fachhochschulrat Geschaftsstelle      

• Bundesministerium für Bildung, Wissenschaft und Kultur        

          Belgium

• Flemish Interuniversity Council (Vl.I.R.)     

          Central and Eastern Europe

• CEE Network

          Denmark

• Danmarks Evalueringsinstitut     

          Finland

• Finnish Higher Education Evaluation Council

          France

• Comité National d’Evaluation           

          Germany

• Akkreditierungsrat – German Accreditation Council   

• ACQUIN – Akkreditierungs-, Certifizierungs- und Qualitätssicherungs-Institut       

• A-CBC – Akkreditierungsagentur für die Studiengänge Chemie, Biochemie und Chemieingenieurwesen an Universitäten und      

• AHPGS – Akkreditierungsagentur für Studiengänge im Bereich Heilpädagogik, Pflege, Gesundheit und Soziale Arbeit e.V.       

• AQAS – Agentur für Qualitätssicherung durch Akkreditierung von Studiengängen – AQAS      

• ASIIN – Akkreditierungsagentur für Studiengänge der Ingenieurwissenschaften und der Informatik Fachhochschulen        

• Das CHE Centrum für Hochschulentwicklung    

• Deutschen Gesellschaft für Evaluation      

• EvaNet    

• FIBAA – Internationale Stiftung der Wirtschaft für Qualität im Management Training        

• Geschäftsstelle Evaluation der LRK der Universitäten NRW     

• Geschäftsstelle Evaluation der Fachhochschulen in Nordrhein-Westfalen      

• Universitet Dortmund Qualität durch Geschlechtergerechtigkeit        

• Wissenschaftliche Sekretariat für die Studienreform      

• Zentrum für Qualitätssicherung und -entwicklung (ZQ)      

• ZEvA – Zentrale Evaluations- und Akkreditierungsagentur Hannover      

          Hungary

• Hungarian Accreditation Committee     

          Iceland

• Division for Evaluation and Supervision, Ministry of Culture and Education     

          Ireland

• Conference of Heads of Irish Universities

• Higher Education and Training Awards Council (HETAC)

• Higher Education Authority (HEA)

• National Qualifications Authority of Ireland

           Italy

• Osservatorio per la valutazione del sistema universitario
  (National University Evaluation Council)    

          Lithuania

• Lithuanian Centre for Quality Assessment in Higher Education

          Netherlands

• Association of Universities of Professional Education (HBO-raad)   

• Association of Universities in the Netherlands (VSNU)   

          Spain

• La Agencia Nacional de Evaluación de la Calidad y Acreditación     

• Agència per a la Qualitat del Sistema Universitaria Catalunya       

• Plan Nacional de Evaluacion de la Calidad de las Universidades    

• La calidad en las universidades españolas    

• Calidad / Universidad     

          Sweden

• Sweden – The National Agency for Higher Education     

          Switzerland

• Organ für Akkreditierung und Qualitätssicherung der Schweizerischen Hochschulen (OAQ)        

          United Kingdom

• The Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education (UK)

• Education Guardian

• University Options

• British Accreditation Council (BAC)

• Scottish Higher Education Funding Council

• Higher Education Funding Council for Wales

     Latin America          Argentina

• Ministerio de Educación – Secretaría de Educación Superior – Programa de Calidad     

• Comisión Nacional de Evaluación y Acreditación Universitaria    

          Chile

• La Acreditacion en Chile    

• La Acreditacion    

          MERCOSUR

• Fundacion Interamericano Para la Gestion de la Calidad     

• Columbus       

          Mexico

• El Consejo para la Acreditación de la Educación Superior, A. C. (COPAES)   

     Asia/Pacific           New Zealand

• New Zealand Qualifications Authority

• Committee on University Academic Programmes (CUAP)

• New Zealand Universities Academic Audit Unit

Credential Recognition

• General information : Recognition of Diplomas in the European Union

• Network of National Academic Recognition Information Centres (NARIC)

• Diploma supplement

• European Credit Transfer System (ECTS)

Joint Degrees

• Consortium of International Double Degrees

• Survey on Master Degrees and Joint Degrees in Europe
  (EUA – September 2002)  by Christian Tauch and Andrejs Rauhvargers

Related Systems and Processes

• GATE – Global Alliance for Transnational Education

• International Accreditation Forum

• International Organization for Standardization (ISO)   

• Links Related to Quality of Higher Education

• National Assessment of Educational Progress

• National University Evaluation Council

• Quality Research International