Agencification Challenges in Higher Education Quality Assurance

Abstract

The 1990s were characterized by the rise of quality assurance in higher education (Dill, 1995). Over the last two decades, quality assurance systems in Europe have changed and evolved significantly. There is now much variety in how countries regulate academic quality (Dill & Beerkens, 2010; Schwartz & Westerheijden, 2007), but despite of the variety we can see increasing convergence in the organizational structure that countries use for quality assurance.