The contradictory managerialism of university quality assurance

This paper investigates how Australian universities are being disciplined to behave as commercial enterprises by the Australian Universities Quality Agency (AUQA). The manual produced by AUQA, for the purpose of conducting audits of Australian universities, is analysed. I use an analytical framework...

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Published in:Journal of education policy 2009-09, Vol.24 (5), p.575-593
Main Author: Reid, Ian C.
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Audits (Verification)
Australia
Australian Universities Quality Agency (AUQA)
Business
Commercialization
Critical Discourse Analysis
Discourse Analysis
Educational Administration
Educational Policy
Educational Quality
Foreign Countries
Global Approach
Globalization
Governance
Guides
Higher Education
Inferences
Language Usage
Managerialism
Politics
quality assurance
Quality Control
Quality management
Quality standards
School Choice
Social Environment
State intervention
Universities
University management
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Commercialization
Critical Discourse Analysis
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Educational Policy
Educational Quality
Foreign Countries
Global Approach
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Politics
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Quality Control
Quality management
Quality standards
School Choice
Social Environment
State intervention
Universities
University management
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