Author Description

Introduction And Overview Of The Book / Bjørn Stensaker And Lee Harvey -- Accountability: Understandings And Challenges / Bjørn Stensaker And Lee Harvey -- Accountability In Australia: More Power To Government And Market / Jeanette Baird -- Accountability In Africa: A Disciplinary Power In African Higher Education Systems / Gerald Wangenge-ouma & Patrício V. Langa -- Accountability In China: Primitive Attempts / Shuiyun Liu -- Accountability In Eastern Europe: Becoming Like Everywhere Else? / Paul Temple -- Accountability In Western Europe: Shifting Quality Assurance Paradigms / André Sursock -- Accountability In Latin America: Focusing On Quality Assurance And Funding Mechanisms / Maria-josé Lemaitre -- Accountability In The United States: Sorting Through An American Muddle / Robert Zemsky -- Accountability And Cross-border Higher Education: Dynamics, Trends And Challenges / Robin Middlehurst -- Transnational Accountability Initiatives: The Case Of The Eua-audits / Alberto Amaral And Maria José Rosa -- Managerial And Political Strategies For Handling Accountability / William F. Massy -- Conclusions And Reflections / Bjørn Stensaker And Lee Harvey. Edited By Bjørn Stensaker, Lee Harvey. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.