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July 2012
ARTICLES
- Time to assess the impact of quality assurance on European higher education
There is at the present time a need for quality assurance agencies and other related bodies (such as ENQA, EUA and ESU) to assess the usefulness of policy consisting of the external review and evaluation of quality in higher education (HE), in the sense that HE is a service. It is a service that is highly complex and sophisticated; it is considered by society to be a public good, even though it has certain characteristics of a private good; and it is offered by a large number of state-run universities in Europe.
Josep Grifoll Saurí - Head of Quality Assessment department of AQU Catalunya - European education projects
Education and training are an essential part of the Europe 2020 Strategy. Adopted by the European Union to address the current economic and financial crisis, the plan aims to transform Europe into a smart, sustainable and inclusive economy by 2020.
Àngel Jiménez Aranda - Manager of AQU Catalunya
Via Laietana, 28, 5a planta 08003 Barcelona. Spain. Tel.: +34 93 268 89 50
© 2012 AQU Catalunya - Legal number B-21.910-2008
