Do the Attitudes Towards External Quality Management Change Over Time? : Finlands Academic Landscape as an Example / Jasmin Overberg ; Timo Ala-Vähälä

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Author	OVERBERG, Jasmin (ALA-VÄHÄLÄ, Timo)
Title	Do the Attitudes Towards External Quality Management Change Over Time? : Finlands Academic Landscape as an Example / Jasmin Overberg ; Timo Ala-Vähälä
Publication year	2018
Source/Footnote	In: Journal of the European higher education area. - 8 (2018) 2. - S. 19 - 35
Inventory number	47080
Keywords	Ausland : Finnland : Hochschulwesen allgemein ; Qualitätssicherung ; Akkreditierung
Abstract	While most European countries conduct accreditations, quality audits are the Finnish way to follow the Berlin conferences demand to implement an external quality assurance instrument at the national level. Even though it is mainly considered highly effective, the Finnish audit system is not without criticism. Finnish universities have faced profound external changes in the last decade. This article considers the question if the attitudes towards external quality management have changed. To that end, the authors carried out a cohort comparison between 2010 and 2017. Findings show that the perception is more positive in 2017. However, interest in and relevance of the audits have decreased. The findings underline the importance of an open quality culture in higher education institutions. (HRK / Abstract übernommen)