Sustainable Development and Quality Assurance in Higher Education: Transformation of Learning and Society

Front Matter....Pages i-xxxiv
Assessment for Transformation — Higher Education Thrives in Redefining Quality Systems....Pages 1-22
Front Matter....Pages 23-23
Rankings and the Reconstruction of Knowledge during the Age of Austerity....Pages 25-48
Linking Quality Assurance and ESD: Towards a Participative Quality Culture of Sustainable Development in Higher Education....Pages 49-65
The Role of Assessment and Quality Management in Transformations towards Sustainable Development: The Nexus between Higher Education, Society and Policy....Pages 66-83
Front Matter....Pages 85-85
Drivers for Change in the Austrian University Sector: Implications for Quality Management....Pages 87-113
A Quality Assurance System Based on the Sustainable Development Paradigm: The Lithuanian Perspective....Pages 114-130
Quality System Development at the University of Graz: Lessons Learned from the Case of RCE Graz-Styria....Pages 131-152
STARS as a Multi-Purpose Tool for Advancing Campus Sustainability in US....Pages 153-182
Front Matter....Pages 183-183
Sustainability and Values Assessment in Higher Education....Pages 185-195
Educating Sustainability Change Agents by Design: Appraisals of the Transformative Role of Higher Education....Pages 196-229
Quality Management of Education for Sustainability in Higher Education....Pages 230-254
Implementing Education for Sustainable Development in Higher Education: Case Study of Albukhary International University, Malaysia....Pages 255-281
Back Matter....Pages 283-284