1st Edition

Quality Assurance in Higher Education A Study of Developing Countries

By David Lim Copyright 2001
186 Pages
by Routledge

186 Pages
by Routledge

This title was first published in 2001. Universities in developing countries have followed their counterparts in developed countries and adopted quality assurance to improve the quality of their activities. This text examines the wisdom of such a move when many of the conditions necessary for its success are not present. It concludes that quality assurance can be useful in developing countries... Read more
List of Figures, List of Tables, Preface, List of Abbreviations, 1. Education and Economic Development, 2. Principles of Quality Assurance in Higher Education, 3. Quality Assurance in Higher Education in the United Kingdom, 4. Quality Assurance in Higher Education in Australia, 5. Framework for Analysing Relevance, 6. Relevance of Quality Assurance in Developing Countries, 7. Quality Assurance for Developing Countries, 8. Quality in Papua New Guinean Higher Education, 9. Future of Quality Assurance in Higher Education, Bibliography, Index

Biography

David Lim