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Accreditation, the Bologna Process and National Reactions: Accreditation as Concept and Action
Timo Ala-vähäläTaina Saarinensubject
korkeakoulupolitiikkaHigher educationbusiness.industryassessmentContext (language use)Bologna ProcessPublic administrationEducationAction (philosophy)Political scienceakkreditointibusinessQuality policyarviointikäsiteanalyysiAccreditationdescription
This article examines accreditation as a component of the Bologna Process quality policy. The focus is on an analysis of the concept of accreditation in policy documents from four countries (Finland, the Netherlands, France and Sweden). The article focuses on the following questions: (i) how does accreditation appear, as a concept and as action, in national reports, produced for the purposes of the Ministerial meetings?; and (ii) how is accreditation presented, as a concept and as action, in the national context and for national actors?
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007-12-01 | Higher Education in Europe |