a ISBN 978-952553-953-0

a Original cataloging agency NEU GrandLibrary

a Language code of text/sound track or separate title eng

a Classification number LB2305

b Item number .Q3 2010

a Personal name Costes, Nathalie.

a Title Quality assurance and transparency tools/

h Medium BOOK

c Statement of responsibility, etc Nathalie Costes...[et al.]

a Place of publication, distribution, etc Helsinki:

b Name of publisher, distributor, etc ENQA,

c Date of publication, distribution, etc 2010.

a Extent 28 p.:

c Dimensions 24 cm.

a General note Availability: ENQA (European Association for Quality Assurance in Higher Education). Unioninkatu 20-22, Havis Business Center 3rd Floor, FIN-00130 Helsinki, Finland. Tel: +358-9-2522-5700; Fax: +358-9-2522-5710; Web site: http://www.enqa.eu/index.lasso.

a General note Abstractor: ERIC.

a General note Educational level discussed: Higher Education.

a General note Educational level discussed: Postsecondary Education.

a Summary, etc This report is a product of an ENQA (European Association for Quality Assurance in Higher Education) seminar on the first external evaluations of quality assurance agencies, held in Paris in July 2008. The seminar took stock of the achieved reviews of agencies to learn lessons from these first outcomes and, hence, provided a platform for continuous enhancement of this process in the future. It gives a background and overview of external reviews, and presents the perspectives and experiences of agencies and expert teams on the review process. Articles included in this report are: (1) Background and purposes of external reviews of Quality Assurance (QA) agencies: ENQA membership, national purposes (Tibor Szanto); (2) Self-assessment of agencies and self-assessment report: an agency perspective--the case of the National Agency for Quality Assessment and Accreditation of Spain (ANECA) (Rafael Llavori); (3) External reviews of quality assurance agencies--Perspective of the expert team (Thierry Malan); and (4) Some reflections on practicalities and challenges of external reviews of QA agencies: the perspective of the expert team (Michael G. Kraft). A conclusion by Nathalie Costes and a bibliography are also included. A programme of the seminar is annexed. (Contains 24 footnotes and 1 figure.)

a Topical term or geographic name as entry element Foreign Countries.

a Topical term or geographic name as entry element Seminars.

a Topical term or geographic name as entry element Quality Control.

a Topical term or geographic name as entry element Organizational Effectiveness.

a Topical term or geographic name as entry element Program Evaluation.

a Topical term or geographic name as entry element Self Evaluation (Groups)

a Topical term or geographic name as entry element Educational Quality.

a Topical term or geographic name as entry element Organizational Development.

a Topical term or geographic name as entry element Evaluation Methods.

a Topical term or geographic name as entry element Evaluation Criteria.

a Topical term or geographic name as entry element Institutional Evaluation.

a Topical term or geographic name as entry element Accreditation (Institutions)

a Topical term or geographic name as entry element International Education.

a Topical term or geographic name as entry element Educational Strategies.

a Topical term or geographic name as entry element Educational Development.

a Topical term or geographic name as entry element International Organizations.

a Topical term or geographic name as entry element Comparative Education.

a Topical term or geographic name as entry element Standards.

a Topical term or geographic name as entry element Agency Role.

a Topical term or geographic name as entry element Expertise.

a Topical term or geographic name as entry element Educational Policy.

a Genre/form data or focus term Collected Works, Proceedings.

a Personal name Curvale, Bruno,

a Personal name Kraft, Michael G.,

a Personal name Llavori, Rafael,

a Personal name Malan, Thierry,

a Personal name Szanto, Tibor,

t Title ERIC: Educational Resources Information Center.

d Place, publisher, and date of publication Rockville, MD : Institue of Education Sciences, 199?-