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Sustainable Development and Quality Assurance in Higher Education Palgrave Studies in Global Higher Education Series Editors: Roger King, School of Management, University of Bath, UK; Jenny Lee, Centre for the Study of Higher Education, University of Arizona, USA; Simon Marginson, Institute of Education, University of London, UK; Rajani Naidoo, School of Management, University of Bath, UK This series aims to explore the globalization of higher education and the impact this has had on education systems around the world including East Asia, Africa, the Middle East, Europe and the US. Analysing HE systems and policy, this series will provide a comprehensive overview of how HE within different nations and/ or regions is responding to the new age of universal mass higher education. Titles include: Michael Dobbins and Christoph Knill HIGHER EDUCATION GOVERNANCE AND POLICY CHANGE IN WESTERN EUROPE International Challenges to Historical Institutions Zinaida Fadeeva, Laima Galkute, Clemens Mader and Geoff Scott (e ditors ) SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND QUALITY ASSURANCE IN HIGHER EDUCATION Transformation of Learning and Society Forthcoming: Christof Van Mol INTRA-EUROPEAN STUDENT MOBILITY IN INTERNATIONAL HIGHER EDUCATION CIRCUITS Europe on the Move Lý Trần, Simon Marginson, Hoàng Ðỗ, Quyên Ðỗ, Trúc Lê, Nhài Nguyễn, Thảo Vũ, Thạch Phạm and Hương Nguyễn HIGHER EDUCATION IN VIETNAM Flexibility, Mobility and Practicality in the Global Knowledge Economy Palgrave Studies in Global Higher Education Series Standing Order ISBN 9781137348142 Hardback ( outside North America only ) You can receive future titles in this series as they are published by placing a standing order. Please contact your bookseller or, in case of difficulty, write to us at the address below with your name and address, the title of the series and the ISBN quoted above. Customer Services Department, Macmillan Distribution Ltd, Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS, England Sustainable Development and Quality Assurance in Higher Education Transformation of Learning and Society Edited by Zinaida F adeeva United Nations University Laima G alkute Vilnius University, Lithuania Clemens M ader Leuphana University of Lüneburg, Germany University of Zurich, Switzerland and Geoff Scott University of Western Sydney, Australia Selection and editorial matter © Zinaida Fadeeva, Laima Galkute, Clemens Mader and Geoff Scott 2014 Individual chapters © Respective authors 2014 Foreword © Kazuhiko Takemoto 2014 Foreword © Dzulkifl i Abdul Razak 2014 Foreword © Daniella Tilbury 2014 Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2014 978-1-137-45913-8 All rights reserved. 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Palgrave Macmillan in the US is a division of St Martin’s Press LLC, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010. Palgrave Macmillan is the global academic imprint of the above companies and has companies and representatives throughout the world. Palgrave® and Macmillan® are registered trademarks in the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe and other countries. ISBN 978-1-349-49873-4 ISBN 978-1-137-45914-5 (eBook) DOI 10.1057/9781137459145 This book is printed on paper suitable for recycling and made from fully managed and sustained forest sources. Logging, pulping and manufacturing processes are expected to conform to the environmental regulations of the country of origin. A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Sustainable development and quality assurance in higher education : transformation of learning and society / Zinaida Fadeeva, United Nations University, Japan; Laima Galkute, Vilnius University, Lithuania; Clemens Mader, University of Lüneburg, Germany; Geoff Scott, University of Western Sydney, Australia. pages cm. 1. Sustainable development – Study and teaching (Higher) 2. Education, Higher – Administration. 3. Education, Higher – Social aspects. 4. Quality assurance. I. Fadeeva, Zinaida, editor of compilation. HC79.E5S866825 2014 338.9927—dc23 2014028177 This page intentionally left blank Contents List of Boxes x List of Figures x i List of Tables x iii Foreword xiv Kazuhiko Takemoto Foreword xv Dzulkifli Abdul Razak Foreword x viii Daniella Tilbury Acknowledgements x ix Notes on Contributors x xi List of Abbreviations and Acronyms xxx Structure of the Book xxxiii 1 A ssessment for Transformation – Higher Education Thrives in Redefining Quality Systems 1 Z inaida Fadeeva, Laima Galkute, Clemens Mader and Geoff Scott Part I Transformation of Higher Education in Changing Society: Implications for Quality Management 2 R ankings and the Reconstruction of Knowledge during the Age of Austerity 2 5 E llen Hazelkorn 3 L inking Quality Assurance and ESD: Towards a Participative Quality Culture of Sustainable Development in Higher Education 4 9 O liver Vettori and Christian Rammel vii viii Contents 4 T he Role of Assessment and Quality Management in Transformations towards Sustainable Development: The Nexus between Higher Education, Society and Policy 66 Clemens Mader Part II The Meaning and the Role of the Internal Quality Assurance and Its Interplay with External Quality Approaches in Supporting HE Sustainability Transformation 5 D rivers for Change in the Austrian University Sector: Implications for Quality Management 87 Nadine Shovakar and Andrea Bernhard 6 A Quality Assurance System Based on the Sustainable Development Paradigm: The Lithuanian Perspective 114 Laima Galkute 7 Quality System Development at the University of Graz: Lessons Learned from the Case of RCE Graz-Styria 1 31 Friedrich M. Zimmermann, Andreas Raggautz, Kathrin Maier, Thomas Drage, Marlene Mader, Mario D iethart and Jonas Meyer 8 S TARS as a Multi-Purpose Tool for Advancing Campus Sustainability in US 153 Monika Urbanski and Paul Rowland Part III Quality Management and Facilitating Sustainability Competences and Capabilities 9 S ustainability and Values Assessment in Higher Education 185 Arthur Lyon Dahl 10 Educating Sustainability Change Agents by Design: Appraisals of the Transformative Role of Higher Education 196 Katja Brundiers, Emma Savage, Steven Mannell, Daniel J. Lang and Arnim Wiek 11 Quality Management of Education for Sustainability in Higher Education 230 G eoff Scott Contents ix 12 Implementing Education for Sustainable Development in Higher Education: Case Study of Albukhary International University, Malaysia 255 Salfarina Abdul Gapor, Abd Malik Abd Aziz, Dzulkifli Abdul Razak and Zainal Abidin Sanusi Index 283
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