Quality Assurance in Higher Education

1. Introduction
Maria João Rosa, Alberto Amaral

Part I. The Frontier and Its Shifts

2. Where Are Quality Frontiers Moving to?
Alberto Amaral

3. Quality Enhancement: A New Step in a Risky Business? A Few Adumbrations on Its Prospect for Higher Education in Europe
Guy Neave

Part II. New Challenges, New Instrumentalities

4. Transparency about Multidimensional Activities and Performance: What Can U-Map and U-Multirank Contribute?
Don F. Westerheijden

5. Assessment of Higher Education Learning Outcomes (AHELO): An OECD Feasibility Study
Diana Dias, Alberto Amaral

6. Risk, Trust and Accountability
Colin Raban

7. Risk Management: Implementation
Anthony McClaran

8. Quality Enhancement: An Overview of Lessons from the Scottish Experience
Murray Saunders

Part III. Regional Setting

9. European Trends in Quality Assurance: New Agendas beyond the Search for Convergence?
Bjørn Stensaker

10. Recent Trends in US Accreditation
Judith S. Eaton

11. Quality Assurance in Latin America
María José Lemaitre

Part IV. Quality Assurance: The Actors’ Perspectives on Recent Trends

12. The Academic Constituency
Maria João Rosa

13. Students’ Views on the Recent Developments in Quality Assurance of Higher Education in Europe
Liliya Ivanova

14. Recent Trends in Quality Assurance? Observations from the Agencies’ Perspective
Achim Hopbach

Part V. Conclusion

15. The Swiftly Moving Frontiers of Quality Assurance
Alberto Amaral, Maria João Rosa

Avainsanat: Social Sciences, Education Policy, Operations Management, Administration, Organization and Leadership, Higher Education, Education Economics, Educational Policy and Politics