Engineering Education Quality Assurance A Global Perspective
Engineering Education Quality Assurance: A Global Perspective provides a world-wide view of the history and the current conditions of Engineering Education Quality Assurance. This book provides the first wide-ranging picture of Quality Assurance schemes f
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Arun S. Patil • Peter J. Gray Editors
Engineering Education Quality Assurance A Global Perspective
Editors Arun S. Patil Faculty of Sciences Engineering and Health CQUniversity Australia Mackay Campus 12G.03, Boundary Road Mackay QLD 4741 Australia [email protected]
Peter J. Gray Faculty Enhancement Center 589 McNair Road 10M, United States Naval Academy Annapolis, MD 21402 USA [email protected]
ISBN 978-1-4419-0554-3 e-ISBN 978-1-4419-0555-0 DOI 10.1007/978-1-4419-0555-0 Springer Dordrecht Heidelberg London New York Library of Congress Control Number: 2009927500 © Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2009 All rights reserved. This work may not be translated or copied in whole or in part without the written permission of the publisher (Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, 233 Spring Street, New York, NY 10013, USA), except for brief excerpts in connection with reviews or scholarly analysis. Use in connection with any form of information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed is forbidden. The use in this publication of trade names, trademarks, service marks, and similar terms, even if they are not identified as such, is not to be taken as an expression of opinion as to whether or not they are subject to proprietary rights. Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
Preface
With the rapid globalization of higher education as well as related changes in social, political, economic, and other conditions over the last 25 years there have been ever increasing expectations for higher education, in general, and Engineering Education, in particular. These expectations are often expressed in terms of the need for Quality Assurance locally, regionally, and globally. In some cases, there is a long tradition of independence and self-regulation of higher education institutions and programs. In other contexts, there has been considerable governmental regulation and disciplinary direction over time. The authors in this volume represent essentially all continents and 15 different countries. The common issues that they raise and their accounts of past, present, and future challenges provide a snapshot of the current state of Quality Assurance in higher education and Engineering Education. This volume begins with an overview of the history and background of Quality Assurance in higher education and Engineering Education over the last century. The discussion of the historical, philosophical, political, and social background of Quality Assurance sets the stage for the other chapters. Following this broad brush stoke introduction, in the next part of the book, authors describe the general issues and challenges facing Quality Assurance in the twenty-first century from both regional and national perspectives. These authors have extensive experience in the area of Quality Assurance and have observed its growth and develop first hand over many years. Next is a set of ten chapter
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