000			01930 a2200277 4500
020			_a9781402055379
082	0	4	_a378 _bACC
245	0	0	_aAccreditation and evaluation in the European higher education area
260			_aDordrecht: _bSpringer, _c2007.
300			_a495 p.
500			_aPaperback.
520			_aThis volume presents a rich account of the development of accreditation and evaluation in 20 European countries. The authors are leaders in the field and they have cooperated in this effort by writing richly different, often deep and insightful analyses of the situation in their country. The two editors have added a synopsis detailing the main trends, and sketching commonalities as well as contrasts in the developments across Europe. The book shows how accreditation is becoming a main mechanism in the steering of higher education all over Europe. The book is unique in its analysis of forces driving towards the spread of different models of accreditation in the emerging European Higher Education area. Readers will obtain an up-to-date picture of the state of affairs of accreditation in the framework of evaluation activities in Europe. They will gain an understanding of why accreditation and evaluation systems have evolved the way they have, and subsequently, they will obtain more realistic views on potentialities for European comparability and cooperation in this area.
650		4	_aHigher & further education. _974659
650		4	_aEducation. _974660
650		4	_aEducation / Teaching. _974661
650		4	_aEurope. _974662
650		4	_aComparative. _974663
650		4	_aEducation / Comparative. _974664
650		4	_aEducation / Higher. _974665
650		4	_aEducation / Testing & Measurement. _926047
650		4	_aEducation : Higher. _974666
650		4	_aTesting & Measurement. _974667
700	1		_aSchwarz, Stefanie. _974668
700	1		_aWesterheijden, Don F. _974669
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