University quality indicators: a critical assessment - European Parliament
[Pages:248]DIRECTORATE GENERAL FOR INTERNAL POLICIES POLICY DEPARTMENT B: STRUCTURAL AND COHESION POLICIES
CULTURE AND EDUCATION
UNIVERSITY QUALITY INDICATORS: A CRITICAL ASSESSMENT
STUDY
This document was requested by the European Parliament's Committee on Culture and Education
AUTHORS
Bernd W?chter (ACA) Maria Kelo (ENQA)
Queenie K.H. Lam (ACA) Philipp Effertz (DAAD) Christoph Jost (DAAD) Stefanie Kottowski (DAAD)
RESPONSIBLE ADMINISTRATOR
Mr Mikl?s Gy?rffi Policy Department B: Structural and Cohesion Policies European Parliament B-1047 Brussels E-mail: poldep-cohesion@europarl.europa.eu
EDITORIAL ASSISTANCE Lyna P?rt
LINGUISTIC VERSIONS Original: EN
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Manuscript completed in April 2015. ? European Parliament, 2015.
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DIRECTORATE GENERAL FOR INTERNAL POLICIES POLICY DEPARTMENT B: STRUCTURAL AND COHESION POLICIES
CULTURE AND EDUCATION
UNIVERSITY QUALITY INDICATORS: A CRITICAL ASSESSMENT
STUDY
Abstract
The `Europe 2020 Strategy' and other EU initiatives call for more excellence in Europe's higher education institutions in order to improve their performance, international attractiveness and competitiveness. In this context the relevance of quality in higher education gained momentum. The Study examines separately two different quality approaches, quality assurance and rankings, and takes stock of latest achievements. This is followed by a critical analysis of these approaches in a comparative perspective. Recommendations and policy options for the Parliament are provided.
IP/B/CULT/FWC/2010-001/LOT1/C1/SC3 PE 563.377
April 2015 EN
University quality indicators: a critical assessment
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CONTENTS
LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS
5
LIST OF TABLES
10
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
11
1. INTRODUCTION
15
2. METHODOLOGY
17
3. QUALITY EVALUATION AND ASSURANCE SYSTEMS
23
3.1. European context for external quality assurance
23
3.2. Comparative assessment of external quality assurance systems
28
3.3. Consequences of external quality assurance
36
3.4. Challenges and trends in external quality assurance
41
3.5. Conclusions
46
4. RANKING SYSTEMS
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4.1. Growing importance of global university rankings
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4.2. Institutional framework and methods of ranking systems
50
4.3. Impacts of rankings
61
4.4. Conclusions
66
5. CONVERGENCE OF QUALITY ASSURANCE AND RANKING?
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5.1. Differences between quality assurance and rankings
70
5.2. Interrelation of quality assurance and rankings
73
6. RECOMMENDATIONS
75
REFERENCES
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ANNEX 1 LIST OF PERSONS INTERVIEWED
ANNEX 2 SEMI-STRUCTURED INTERVIEW QUESTIONNAIRE
ANNEX 3 COUNTRY LEVEL ANALYSIS QUALITY ASSURANCE
ANNEX 4: RANKING RELATED INFORMATION
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Policy Department B: Structural and Cohesion Policies
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