Does Auditing HE Against Standards Encourage Masterpieces or Paint-by-numbers? Export

@article{citeulike:2443837, abstract = {The quality of higher education in Australia is often described in terms of national and international standards. A new entity called the Australian Universities Quality Agency (AUQA) has been established to audit the manner in which universities, self-accrediting institutions and state accrediting agencies achieve quality higher education. Designing such an audit framework requires consideration of a number of variables, not least being the term \&\#039;standards\&\#039;, with a view to recognising the ways in which they affect behaviour within the sector. A framework is presented that addresses the types of standards, the effects of different standards-setters, the manner in which auditees respond to the audit requirement, the manner in which the auditees undertake their task, and a consideration of what effects the audit process has. The paper is presented in two parts; the first develops the analytical framework, and the second uses the framework to explain AUQA\&\#039;s approach to audit.}, author = {Carroll, M.}, citeulike-article-id = {2443837}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/routledg/caeh/2003/00000028/00000003/art00008}, keywords = {audit, education}, month = {March}, pages = {297--307}, posted-at = {2008-02-28 14:45:37}, priority = {2}, title = {Does Auditing HE Against Standards Encourage Masterpieces or Paint-by-numbers?}, url = {http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/routledg/caeh/2003/00000028/00000003/art00008} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:2443837 L3 - citeulike-article-id:2443837 N2 - The quality of higher education in Australia is often described in terms of national and international standards. A new entity called the Australian Universities Quality Agency (AUQA) has been established to audit the manner in which universities, self-accrediting institutions and state accrediting agencies achieve quality higher education. Designing such an audit framework requires consideration of a number of variables, not least being the term 'standards', with a view to recognising the ways in which they affect behaviour within the sector. A framework is presented that addresses the types of standards, the effects of different standards-setters, the manner in which auditees respond to the audit requirement, the manner in which the auditees undertake their task, and a consideration of what effects the audit process has. The paper is presented in two parts; the first develops the analytical framework, and the second uses the framework to explain AUQA's approach to audit. EP - 307 TI - Does Auditing HE Against Standards Encourage Masterpieces or Paint-by-numbers? SP - 297 KW - audit KW - education AU - Carroll, M UR - http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/routledg/caeh/2003/00000028/00000003/art00008 ER -