Trading quality across borders: colonial discourse and international quality assurance policies in higher education

Accountability and quality assurance have become central discourses in higher education policy throughout the world. However, accountability and quality assurance involve power and control. Practices and ideas about quality developed in the Global North are spreading rapidly across the Global South,...

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Published in:Tertiary education and management 2014-01, Vol.20 (2), p.121-134
Main Author: Blanco Ramírez, Gerardo
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Accountability
Accreditation (Institutions)
Administration
Capacity Building
Coding
Content Analysis
Developing Nations
discourse
Discourse Analysis
Education
Educational Policy
Educational Quality
Foreign Countries
Foreign Policy
Global Approach
Higher Education
imperialism
International and Comparative Education
International Cooperation
International Organizations
Management
Organization and Leadership
Political Science
postcolonial theory
Quality Assurance
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Summary:Accountability and quality assurance have become central discourses in higher education policy throughout the world. However, accountability and quality assurance involve power and control. Practices and ideas about quality developed in the Global North are spreading rapidly across the Global South, leading to increased uniformity in the approaches to quality assurance. Given the significant asymmetries that divide the Global North and Global South, this article maps interdiscursive relations among key texts that influence policy development on international quality in higher education, and explores the applicability of colonial discourse as a perspective for understanding this increasing international convergence.
ISSN:1358-3883
1573-1936
DOI:10.1080/13583883.2014.896025