Learning Standards and the Assessment of Quality in Higher Education: Contested Policy Trajectories

1. Introduction
Jon Yorke, Lesley Vidovich

2. The Development of Quality Policies in Higher Education
Jon Yorke, Lesley Vidovich

3. Key Concepts: Theoretical and Empirical Foundations
Jon Yorke, Lesley Vidovich

4. Theoretical Frameworks for Policy Analysis
Jon Yorke, Lesley Vidovich

5. Research Methods
Jon Yorke, Lesley Vidovich

6. Findings (1): Policy Influences
Jon Yorke, Lesley Vidovich

7. Findings (2): Policy Text Production
Jon Yorke, Lesley Vidovich

8. Findings (3): Policy Practices/Effects
Jon Yorke, Lesley Vidovich

9. Findings (4): Policy Outcomes
Jon Yorke, Lesley Vidovich

10. A Meta-analysis of Policy Processes
Jon Yorke, Lesley Vidovich

11. Future Directions and Conclusions
Jon Yorke, Lesley Vidovich

Keywords: Education, Educational Policy and Politics, Higher Education, Learning & Instruction, Assessment, Testing and Evaluation