Autonomy vs. Control: Quality Assurance and Governmental Policy in Flanders

Creator

Kurt De Wit
Jef C. Verhoeven

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Publisher

Arizona State University, University of South Florida

Publication Date

December 2004

Abstract

… In this article, we focus on the tension between the government's aim of improving and controlling the quality of higher education and universities ' concern for their autonomy. We describe the Flemish government's view on issues of quality in higher education and confront these with an account on the basis of case studies of how the quality assurance system was actually implemented in universities. We conclude that the model of the “market state” or the '”evaluative state” is only realised partially in Flanders. ...

Keywords

Education--Belgium, Higher education, Autonomy

Extent

16

Geographic Location

Flanders (Belgium)

Volume

12

Issue

70

Language

English

Media Type

Journals (Periodicals)

Format

Digital Only

Note

Citation: De Wit, K. & Verhoeven, J. C. (2004, December 22). Autonomy vs. control: Quality assurance and governmental policy in Flanders. Education Policy Analysis Archives, 12 (71). Retrieved [date] from http://epaa.asu.edu/epaa/v12n71.

Identifier

E11-00420

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Recommended Citation

De Wit, Kurt and Verhoeven, Jef C., "Autonomy vs. Control: Quality Assurance and Governmental Policy in Flanders" (2004). Education Policy Analysis Archives (EPAA). 530.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/usf_EPAA/530