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Bringing universities to account? Exploring some global and local policy tensions

Lesley Vidovich
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Roger Slee
Pages 431-453 | Published online: 10 Nov 2010

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Hugh Busher & Alison Fox. (2021) The amoral academy? A critical discussion of research ethics in the neo-liberal university. Educational Philosophy and Theory 53:5, pages 469-478.
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Bjørn Stensaker. (2011) Accreditation of higher education in Europe – moving towards the US model?. Journal of Education Policy 26:6, pages 757-769.
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Tatiana Suspitsyna. (2010) Accountability in American education as a rhetoric and a technology of governmentality. Journal of Education Policy 25:5, pages 567-586.
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IanC. Reid. (2009) The contradictory managerialism of university quality assurance. Journal of Education Policy 24:5, pages 575-593.
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Linda Audrey Joy Mosen‐Lowe, Lesley Vidovich & Anne Chapman. (2009) Students ‘at‐risk’ policy: competing social and economic discourses. Journal of Education Policy 24:4, pages 461-476.
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Julie Allan. (2003) Daring to think otherwise? Educational policymaking in the Scottish Parliament. Journal of Education Policy 18:3, pages 289-301.
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Lesley Vidovich. 2017. Encyclopedia of International Higher Education Systems and Institutions. Encyclopedia of International Higher Education Systems and Institutions 1 8 .
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S.A. Stanford. 2016. A Global Perspective on Private Higher Education. A Global Perspective on Private Higher Education 169 188 .
Jon Yorke & Lesley VidovichJon Yorke & Lesley Vidovich. 2016. Learning Standards and the Assessment of Quality in Higher Education: Contested Policy Trajectories. Learning Standards and the Assessment of Quality in Higher Education: Contested Policy Trajectories 89 109 .
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Georgina Stewart & Peter Roberts. (2015) Philosophy of education, dialogue and academic life in Aotearoa-New Zealand. Policy Futures in Education 14:2, pages 238-251.
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Maarten Simons & Jan Masschelein. (2009) Towards the Idea of a World University. Interchange 40:1, pages 1-23.
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Maarten Simons & Jan Masschelein. (2016) The Permanent Quality Tribunal in Education and the Limits of Education Policy. Policy Futures in Education 4:3, pages 292-305.
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Sakari Ahola. (2005) Global and local priorities in higher education policies: a headache at the national level?. Tertiary Education and Management 11:1, pages 37-53.
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Julie Allan. (2004) Productive pedagogies and the challenge of inclusion. British Journal of Special Education 30:4, pages 175-179.
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