TY  - JOUR
A1  - Seyfried, Markus
A1  - Reith, Florian
T1  - Strength of weakness
BT  - Quality managers as agents of multiple principals
JF  - Journal of higher education policy and management
N2  - The paper investigates quality management in teaching and learning in higher education institutions from a principal-agent perspective. Based on data gained from semi-structured interviews and from a nation-wide survey with quality managers of German higher education institutions, the study shows how quality managers position themselves in relation to their perception of the interests of other actors in higher education institutions. The paper describes the various interests and discusses the main implications of this constellation of actors. It argues that quality managers, although they may be considered as rather weak actors within the higher education institution, may be characterised as having a strength of weakness due to diverging interests of their principals.
KW  - quality management
KW  - quality assurance
KW  - higher education
KW  - principal
KW  - agent
KW  - teaching
Y1  - 2020
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1080/1360080X.2020.1812802
SN  - 1360-080X
SN  - 1469-9508
VL  - 43
IS  - 3
SP  - 298
EP  - 314
PB  - Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group
CY  - Abingdon
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Pohlenz, Philipp
A1  - Niedermeier, Frank
T1  - The Bologna Process and the harmonisation of higher education systems in other world regions
BT  - a case from Southeast Asia
JF  - Innovation : the European journal of social sciences
N2  - The Bologna Process has inspired harmonisation strategies for higher education systems in other parts of the world. However, developments in other contexts are not much under review in the European debate. The present article describes the case of Southeast Asia and the attempt to promote harmonisation of its higher education systems. It further compares the processes in ASEAN and the European Higher Education Area to then discuss open questions for future comparative research. To do so the authors re-contextualise data from a study in ASEAN against the background of future research needs in the field of higher education harmonisation.
KW  - ASEAN
KW  - Bologna Process
KW  - European Higher Education Area
KW  - higher education
KW  - quality assurance
KW  - harmonisation
KW  - regionalisation
KW  - diffusion
KW  - mobility
Y1  - 2019
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1080/13511610.2019.1637248
SN  - 1351-1610
SN  - 1469-8412
VL  - 32
IS  - 4
SP  - 481
EP  - 494
PB  - Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group
CY  - Abingdon
ER  -