Accountability in Higher Education

Bjørn Stensaker is research professor at NIFU STEP – The Norwegian Institute for Studies in Innovation, Research and Education in Oslo. Lee Harvey is professor at Copenhagen Business School in Denmark, and former director of the Centre for Research and Evaluation at Sheffield Hallam University.

• 1. Introduction and overview of the book, Bjørn Stensaker and Lee Harvey 2. Accountability: Understandings and challenges, Bjørn Stensaker and Lee HarveyPart I. An overview of accountability schemes in different regions3. Accountability in Australia: More power to government and market, Jeanette Baird4. Accountability in Africa: A disciplinary power in African higher education systems, Gerald Wangenge-Ouma & Patrício V. Langa5. Accountability in China: Primitive attempts, Shuiyun Liu6. Accountability in Eastern Europe: Becoming like everywhere else? Paul Temple7. Accountability in Western Europe: Shifting quality assurance paradigms, Andrée Sursock8. Accountability in Latin America: Focusing on quality assurance and funding mechanisms, Maria-José Lemaitre9. Accountability in the United States: Sorting through an American muddle, Robert ZemskyPart II. International trends, challenges and responses to accountability initiatives10. Accountability and Cross-border Higher Education: Dynamics, trends and challenges, Robin Middlehurst11. Transnational Accountability Initiatives: The case of the EUA-audits, Alberto Amaral and Maria João Rosa12. Managerial and Political Strategies for Handling Accountability, William F. Massy13. Conclusions and reflections, Bjørn Stensaker and Lee Harvey