This special issue is in two sections. The first reports the outcomes of the recent International Network of Quality Assurance Agencies in Higher Education (INQAAHE) members' workshop. The second part includes three extended articles on issues relating to quality in different fields of higher education. Two of these investigate academic views and awareness of quality at sub-institutional level. A third paper investigates the need for an evaluation of the quality of competence-based assessment.







Contents:
Sets of Standards for External Quality Assurance Agencies in Higher Education: A comparison
Guy Aelterman

The European Standards and Guidelines and the Evaluation of Agencies in Germany
Achim Hopbach

The INQAAHE Guidelines of Good Practice for External Quality Assurance Agencies: Assessment and next steps
Jean Avnet Morse

Mutual Recognition of Accreditation Decisions in Europe
Rolf Heusser

Quality Assurance of Cross-border Higher Education
Antony Stella

The Quality of Transnational Education: A provider view
David Woodhouse

Filleting the Transnational Education Steak
Peter P. T. Cheung

Impact of Quality Assurance: Overview of a discussion between representatives of external quality assurance agencies
Lee Harvey

Want to Know About Quality in Higher Education? Ask an Academic?
Kim Watty

Contrasting Faculty Quality Views and Practices over a Five-year Interval
Gerrie J. Jacobs & Anci Du Toit

Competence-based Assessment in Professional Education Validation
Ruffina Thilakaratne & Thomas Kvan