Quality Assurance in Europe and the U.S.: Professional and Political Economic Framing of Higher Education Policy. Rhoades, G. & Sporn, B. Higher Education, 43(3):355–390, April, 2002.
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In this article we study globalization in terms of the diffusion of quality assurance models and practices between two "core" regions, the U.S. and Europe, as well as within Europe, concentrating particularly on Germany and Austria. We examine the timing of the emergence and diffusion of quality assurance and relatedly of strategic management practices. We then consider the prominence of U.S. models and voices in Europe, addressing the professional and political economic framing of higher education policies. Finally, we explore local variations in the meanings and practices of quality assurance and strategic management. We emphasize the ways in which in these "core" settings, professionals are implicated in the diffusion and adaptation of policies and practices in higher education, even as their activities are shaped by larger structures of global professional and political economies.
@article{rhoades_quality_2002,
	title = {Quality {Assurance} in {Europe} and the {U}.{S}.: {Professional} and {Political} {Economic} {Framing} of {Higher} {Education} {Policy}},
	volume = {43},
	issn = {0018-1560},
	url = {http://www.jstor.org/stable/3447522},
	abstract = {In this article we study globalization in terms of the diffusion of
quality assurance models and practices between two "core" regions, the
U.S. and Europe, as well as within Europe, concentrating particularly on
Germany and Austria. We examine the timing of the emergence and diffusion
of quality assurance and relatedly of strategic management practices. We
then consider the prominence of U.S. models and voices in Europe,
addressing the professional and political economic framing of higher
education policies. Finally, we explore local variations in the meanings
and practices of quality assurance and strategic management. We emphasize
the ways in which in these "core" settings, professionals are implicated
in the diffusion and adaptation of policies and practices in higher
education, even as their activities are shaped by larger structures of
global professional and political economies.},
	number = {3},
	journal = {Higher Education},
	author = {Rhoades, Gary and Sporn, Barbara},
	month = apr,
	year = {2002},
	pages = {355--390},
}

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