Quality assurance in higher education: a study of developing countries
Document Type
Book
Publication Date
2001
Keywords
Quality assurance, Higher education, Developing countries
Abstract
Universities in developing countries have followed their counterparts in developed countries and adopted quality assurance to improve the quality of their activities. This text examines the wisdom of such a move when many of the conditions necessary for its success are not present. It concludes that quality assurance can be useful in developing countries because it shows how a university's seemingly disparate activities are related to one another to serve a common goal and how the quality of these can best be improved by using an integrated approach. Quality assurance also provides more focus and direction to the work of the traditional university system. However, it must be modified to suit the conditions prevailing in developing countries by being simple in design, modest in expectations and realistic in requirements.
ISBN
9780754617129
Last Page
186
Recommended Citation
Lim, D. (2001). Quality assurance in higher education: a study of developing countries. Retrieved from https://repository.vtc.edu.hk/thei-adm-others-sp/5