Quality Assurance and Institutional Transformation

Dr. Shuiyun Liu works in Faculty of Education, Beijing Normal University (China) as an assistant professor. Her main research interests include higher education, quality assessment, and educational policy. Dr. Liu got her PhD from the Institute of Education (IOE), University of London (now UCL Institute of Education) in 2011. Her doctoral research was about the Chinese higher education quality assessment system, which was funded by the Centenary Scholarship at the IOE. Prior to this, she studied at the University of Oslo, University of Tampere and University of Aveiro for an MPhil degree in higher education, which was funded by the Erasmus Mundus Programme of Europe.

• Chapter 1 Introduction.- Chapter 2 Higher Education Quality Assessment and University Change: A Theoretical Approach.- Part I Higher Education Quality Assurance System in China.- Chapter 3 Higher Education System in China.- Chapter 4 Higher Education Quality Assurance System in China.- Part II Impact of Quality Assessment on University Change in China.- Chapter 5 Impact of QAUE on Higher Education Institutions: Case Studies.- Chapter 6 Impact of QAUE on Higher Education Institutions: Research Findings.- Chapter 7 Quality Assessment and University Change in China.- Chapter 8 Conclusion.