(Re)-Reforming External Quality Assurance in Higher Education -- The Finnish Case

Autor/inn/en	Overberg, Jasmin; Lehmkuhl, Pia; Schütz, Marcel; Röbken, Heinke
Titel	(Re)-Reforming External Quality Assurance in Higher Education -- The Finnish Case
Quelle	In: European Journal of Higher Education, 10 (2020) 4, S.333-346 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Overberg, Jasmin)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2156-8235
DOI	10.1080/21568235.2020.1718519
Schlagwörter	Educational Change; Higher Education; Educational Quality; Quality Assurance; Educational Improvement; Foreign Countries; Case Studies; Educational Cooperation; International Cooperation; Student Mobility; Educational Policy; Audits (Verification); Finland + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Bildungsreform; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Quality of education; Bildungsqualität; Qualitätssicherung; Teaching improvement; Unterrichtsentwicklung; Ausland; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Education; cooperation; Kooperation; Internationale Kooperation; Internationale Zusammenarbeit; Student; Students; Mobility; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Mobilität; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Finnland
Abstract	In this article, we analyse reforms of academic quality assurance in light of organizational theory using the case example of Finnish higher education. Our purpose is to shed light on the processes behind repeated reforms and the motivation to continuously modify quality models that have only been in use for a relatively short period of time. In our discussion, we propose interpreting the continuous change and strong differentiation of quality management in a positive light. The development, alteration, and promotion of quality management can be considered an attempt at continuous self-improvement; they also significantly contribute to (reform-driven) communication about quality. The changes also serve a number of other functions, which we discuss in the final section of our paper. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01