ISBN-13: 9780415334921 / Angielski / Twarda / 2004 / 224 str.
ISBN-13: 9780415334921 / Angielski / Twarda / 2004 / 224 str.
Along with funding, quality assurance has become one of the major issues in higher education today. This text provides an analytical account of the changes to quality assurance of UK universities and colleges from 1992 to 2003. It documents the shift from institutional self-regulation to increased involvement of the state and examines the accompanying debate about the purposes, forms and ownership of quality assurance, as well as a wider consideration of the best means of regulating professional activities.
All the key developments and issues of quality assurance are covered, including: * the background to the current debates