Old wine in new bottles? : a comparison of public and private accreditation schemes in higher education / Bjorn Stensaker and Lee Harvey

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Author	STENSAKER, Bjorn
Title	Old wine in new bottles? : a comparison of public and private accreditation schemes in higher education / Bjorn Stensaker and Lee Harvey
Publication year	2006
Source/Footnote	In: Higher education policy. - 19 (2006) 1, S. 65 - 85
Inventory number	20514
Keywords	Ausland : Europa : Hochschulwesen allgemein ; Akkreditierung ; Qualitätssicherung ; Bologna-Prozess
Abstract	Following national adaptations to the Bologna-declaration, accreditation is increasingly becoming the most dominant form of quality assurance of higher education in Europe. Over the last decade, national authorities have set up both institutional and programme accreditation procedures, currently accompanied by a growing number of private accreditation schemes. By comparing a random set of public and private, specialist and generic accreditation schemes in higher education, the article discusses the added value of accreditation in the governance of higher education, and the possible effects of an emerging 'accreditation market'. (HRK / Abstract übernommen)