Evaluation and the decision making process in higher education
Subtitle: French, German, and Spanish experiences.
Contributors: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
Series: OECD documents
Publisher: OECD Publications and Information Centre [distributor]
Published: 1994
Place of publication: Paris, France : Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development; Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 204
Subjects: Educational evaluation -- Congresses; Education, Higher -- France -- Case studies -- Congresses; Education, Higher -- Germany -- Case studies -- Congresses; Education, Higher -- Spain -- Case studies -- Congresses; Universities and colleges -- Evaluation -- Congresses
Description: Interest in evaluating higher education is growing in OECD countries today. This report focuses on evaluation as an essential element of an institution's decision-making processes aimed at improving the quality of activities. It reviews higher education evaluation in France, Germany and Spain - three countries with a common tradition of strong government authority in higher education.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
"This report assembles the participants' main ideas from an OECD seminar in May 1993"--Foreword.