This paper deals with some issues concerning the importance of quality assurance in universities. Higher education … education in cycles, access and massification of higher education, etc.) have influenced the quality of student’s education …. Concern for quality assurance in academia is important, as long as at the international level quality is the solution that …

We investigate the choice of quality, or academic content, in higher education in a two-sector model. Individuals are … differentiated according to their cost of acquiring human capital. A higher academic quality increases productivity upon training … quality is tailored to the individual need, and a uniform quality system being politically determined. The former yields a …

respond to these environmental forces. In the United States, accreditation plays an increasing role in the quality control and … extremely challenging decision-making conditions for higher education leaders. The ability to improve and balance the quality …

expansion, yet their quality varies greatly within and among countries. In this paper we explore the relationship between … programs' practices and inputs (quality determinants) and student academic and labor market outcomes. We design and conduct a … novel survey to collect program-level information on quality determinants and average outcomes for Brazil, Colombia …

contributions are strongly correlated with program outcomes but not with other commonly used quality measures. Programs contribute …