Bologna and quality assurance : progress made or pulling the wrong cart? / Jeroen Huisman and Don F. Westerheijden

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Author	HUISMAN, Jeroen
Title	Bologna and quality assurance : progress made or pulling the wrong cart? / Jeroen Huisman and Don F. Westerheijden
Publication year	2010
Source/Footnote	In: Quality in higher education. - 16 (2010) 1, S. 63 - 66
Inventory number	28169
Keywords	Qualitätssicherung ; Bologna-Prozess
Abstract	This contribution looks critically at the achievements regarding the Bologna action line 'European cooperation in quality assurance'. Much has been realised but most of the visible achievements are at the supranational level: the development of the European Standards and Guidelines, the launch of the European Network of Quality Assurance Agencies, and the establishment of the Register of European Higher Education Quality Assurance Agencies. Despite these positive developments, we argue that there may have been too much stress on compliance to rigid procedures and mechanisms, at the cost of a focus on quality improvement and the student learning experience. (HRK / Abstract übernommen)