Volume 22, Issue 1

Higher Education Management and Policy

Institutional Management in Higher Education

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Previously published as Higher Education Management, Higher Education Management and Policy (HEMP) is published three times each year and is edited by the OECD’s Programme on Institutional Management in Higher Education. It covers the field through articles and reports on such issues as quality assurance, human resources, funding, and internationalisation. It also is a source of information on activities and events organised by OECD’s IMHE Programme.

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ISSN: 17269822 (online)
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Institutional Management in Higher Education

OECD's journal on higher education management and policy. This issue includes articles on learning outcomes assessment in the United States, defining and monitoring academic standards in Australian higher education, women in science in Australia, quality assurance, system accreditation in Germany, the Bologna reforms, and the social relevance of scientific research.

31 Mar 2010 English

https://doi.org/10.1787/hemp-v22-1-en

Author(s): OECD

Articles

Mark		Title
		The state of learning outcomes assessment in the United States Worldwide, economic and other factors are pressing institutions of higher education to assess student learning to insure that graduates acquire the skills and competencies demanded in the 21st century. This paper summarises the status of ...	Click to download PDF - 497.76KB PDF Click to Read online and share READ
		Defining and monitoring academic standards in Australian higher education This paper outlines the need for adopting a more scientific approach to specifying and assessing academic standards in higher education. Drawing together insights from large-scale studies in Australia, it advances a definition of academic standards ...	Click to download PDF - 274.80KB PDF Click to Read online and share READ
		Women in science This paper outlines the need for adopting a more scientific approach to specifying and assessing academic standards in higher education. Drawing together insights from large-scale studies in Australia, it advances a definition of academic standards ...	Click to download PDF - 574.38KB PDF Click to Read online and share READ
		Quality assurance in higher education as a political process The procedures commonly employed for quality assurance in higher education are designed as if the endeavour were a technical process, whereas it may be more useful to view it as a political process. For example, quality assurance requires making ...	Click to download PDF - 315.31KB PDF Click to Read online and share READ
		System accreditation “System accreditation” is a new approach developed for German universities to conduct the mandatory accreditation of all their study programmes. A pilot project at Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz is playing an important role in paving the way ...	Click to download PDF - 276.41KB PDF Click to Read online and share READ
		The intended and unintended effects of the Bologna reforms Bologna reform eulogies and protests tend to focus on the benefits and shortcomings of the new two-tier curricula, their implementation and orientation. In this article, an assessment of the Bologna reforms is made in terms of their larger and less ...	Click to download PDF - 290.33KB PDF Click to Read online and share READ
		Knowledge as a common good Universities are, to a large extent, publicly funded. It is reasonable to expect that society should benefit as a result. This means that scientific research should at least have a potential societal impact. Universities and individual researchers ...	Click to download PDF - 327.90KB PDF Click to Read online and share READ

The state of learning outcomes assessment in the United States

Worldwide, economic and other factors are pressing institutions of higher education to assess student learning to insure that graduates acquire the skills and competencies demanded in the 21st century. This paper summarises the status of ...

Defining and monitoring academic standards in Australian higher education

This paper outlines the need for adopting a more scientific approach to specifying and assessing academic standards in higher education. Drawing together insights from large-scale studies in Australia, it advances a definition of academic standards ...

Women in science

Quality assurance in higher education as a political process

The procedures commonly employed for quality assurance in higher education are designed as if the endeavour were a technical process, whereas it may be more useful to view it as a political process. For example, quality assurance requires making ...

System accreditation

“System accreditation” is a new approach developed for German universities to conduct the mandatory accreditation of all their study programmes. A pilot project at Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz is playing an important role in paving the way ...

The intended and unintended effects of the Bologna reforms

Bologna reform eulogies and protests tend to focus on the benefits and shortcomings of the new two-tier curricula, their implementation and orientation. In this article, an assessment of the Bologna reforms is made in terms of their larger and less ...

Knowledge as a common good

Universities are, to a large extent, publicly funded. It is reasonable to expect that society should benefit as a result. This means that scientific research should at least have a potential societal impact. Universities and individual researchers ...