• Professional (Self) Regulation of Academic Quality.- External Examiner System in the UK: Fresh Challenges to an Old System.- The Teacher Education Accreditation Council (TEAC) in the USA.- Market Regulation of Academic Quality.- The CHE University Ranking in Germany.- The US National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE).- The Course Experience Questionnaire, Graduate Destination Survey, and Learning and Teaching Performance Fund in Australia.- National Report Card on Higher Education in the USA.- State (Direct) Regulation of Academic Quality.- The Australian Qualifications Framework.- Subject Benchmarking in the UK.- Subject Assessments for Academic Quality in Denmark.- Education Quality Audit as Applied in Hong Kong.- The German System of Accreditation.- The Accreditation and Quality Processes of the General Medical Council in the UK.- Contracting for Quality Improvement and Financing in Public Universities of Catalonia, Spain.- The National Assessment of Courses in Brazil.- Reflections and Conclusions.

From the reviews: "There is much of interest in this book for students of public policy for academic quality. An impressive array of talented authors contributes the case studies. Even if the reader is familiar with the specific topic, each chapter managed to produce some unusual nuggets of information in addition to capturing the main components of the debate over design and implementation. ... The volume, laudably, argues for scholarly, evidence-based, and reliable approaches to public-policy initiatives to assure academic standards and quality." (George Gordon, Educational Review, October, 2011) "Having an entire book discussing the concept of academic quality ... is very innovative and instructive. ... Public policy for academic quality does a very good job in including instruments of analysis which help the reader to understand academic quality in many forms. ... The main focus of Public policy for academic quality on academic quality and its illustrations through country case studies makes this book a very pleasant read. Many instruments are student-based regulations, which help to illustrate policies and instruments for lifelong learning." (Ali Ait Si Mhamed, International Review of Education, Vol. 57 (5-6), December, 2011)

• Professional (Self) Regulation of Academic Quality.- External Examiner System in the UK: Fresh Challenges to an Old System.- The Teacher Education Accreditation Council (TEAC) in the USA.- Market Regulation of Academic Quality.- The CHE University Ranking in Germany.- The US National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE).- The Course Experience Questionnaire, Graduate Destination Survey, and Learning and Teaching Performance Fund in Australia.- National Report Card on Higher Education in the USA.- State (Direct) Regulation of Academic Quality.- The Australian Qualifications Framework.- Subject Benchmarking in the UK.- Subject Assessments for Academic Quality in Denmark.- Education Quality Audit as Applied in Hong Kong.- The German System of Accreditation.- The Accreditation and Quality Processes of the General Medical Council in the UK.- Contracting for Quality Improvement and Financing in Public Universities of Catalonia, Spain.- The National Assessment of Courses in Brazil.- Reflections and Conclusions.

From the reviews: "There is much of interest in this book for students of public policy for academic quality. An impressive array of talented authors contributes the case studies. Even if the reader is familiar with the specific topic, each chapter managed to produce some unusual nuggets of information in addition to capturing the main components of the debate over design and implementation. ... The volume, laudably, argues for scholarly, evidence-based, and reliable approaches to public-policy initiatives to assure academic standards and quality." (George Gordon, Educational Review, October, 2011) "Having an entire book discussing the concept of academic quality ... is very innovative and instructive. ... Public policy for academic quality does a very good job in including instruments of analysis which help the reader to understand academic quality in many forms. ... The main focus of Public policy for academic quality on academic quality and its illustrations through country case studies makes this book a very pleasant read. Many instruments are student-based regulations, which help to illustrate policies and instruments for lifelong learning." (Ali Ait Si Mhamed, International Review of Education, Vol. 57 (5-6), December, 2011)

• Professional (Self) Regulation of Academic Quality.- External Examiner System in the UK: Fresh Challenges to an Old System.- The Teacher Education Accreditation Council (TEAC) in the USA.- Market Regulation of Academic Quality.- The CHE University Ranking in Germany.- The US National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE).- The Course Experience Questionnaire, Graduate Destination Survey, and Learning and Teaching Performance Fund in Australia.- National Report Card on Higher Education in the USA.- State (Direct) Regulation of Academic Quality.- The Australian Qualifications Framework.- Subject Benchmarking in the UK.- Subject Assessments for Academic Quality in Denmark.- Education Quality Audit as Applied in Hong Kong.- The German System of Accreditation.- The Accreditation and Quality Processes of the General Medical Council in the UK.- Contracting for Quality Improvement and Financing in Public Universities of Catalonia, Spain.- The National Assessment of Courses in Brazil.- Reflections and Conclusions.

From the reviews: "There is much of interest in this book for students of public policy for academic quality. An impressive array of talented authors contributes the case studies. Even if the reader is familiar with the specific topic, each chapter managed to produce some unusual nuggets of information in addition to capturing the main components of the debate over design and implementation. ... The volume, laudably, argues for scholarly, evidence-based, and reliable approaches to public-policy initiatives to assure academic standards and quality." (George Gordon, Educational Review, October, 2011) "Having an entire book discussing the concept of academic quality ... is very innovative and instructive. ... Public policy for academic quality does a very good job in including instruments of analysis which help the reader to understand academic quality in many forms. ... The main focus of Public policy for academic quality on academic quality and its illustrations through country case studies makes this book a very pleasant read. Many instruments are student-based regulations, which help to illustrate policies and instruments for lifelong learning." (Ali Ait Si Mhamed, International Review of Education, Vol. 57 (5-6), December, 2011)