External quality assurance agencies and excellence in higher education

The article presents briefly the complexity of the concept of “excellence” in higher education. Taking into account this reality, the fundamental question is how agencies can consider this complexity in building up criteria on excellence and the use of the concept “excellence” in their improvement s...

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Main Author: Josep Grifoll
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2016-07-01
Series:Educación Médica
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1575181316301073