Quality Assurance and Improvement: Bibliography

This site provides a list of significant publications concerning quality assurance in Australian higher education and includes Commonwealth Government papers and policy statements. In addition there are links to major national and international quality assurance publication sites.

National quality assurance publications (in date order)
Australian sites
International Sites

National quality assurance publications (in date order)

Hudson, H. R. (Chair). (1986) Review of efficiency and effectiveness in higher education. Report of the Committee of Enquiry to the Commonwealth Tertiary Education Commission. Canberra: AGPS.

Australian Vice-Chancellors' Committee Sub-Committee on Academic Standards. (1987) Report to the Australian Vice-Chancellors' Committee. Canberra: AVCC.

Dawkins, Hon J. S. (1987) Higher education: A Policy Discussion Paper. (Green Paper). Canberra: AGPS.

Dawkins, Hon J. S. (1988) Higher Education: A Policy Statement. (White Paper). Canberra: AGPS.

Higher Education Council. (1990) Higher Education: The Challenges Ahead. Canberra: AGPS.

Baldwin, Hon P. (1991) Higher education: quality and diversity in the 1990s. A policy statement by the Hon. Peter Baldwin, MOP, Minister for Higher Education and Employment Services. Canberra: AGPS.

Higher Education Council. (1992) Quality of higher education: discussion papers. Canberra: AGPS.

Higher Education Council (1992). Higher Education: Achieving Quality. Canberra: AGPS.

National Board of Employment, Education and Training. (1992) Research and research training in a quality higher education system. Canberra: AGPS.

Anwyl, John (Ed). (1992) Quality in higher education: proceedings of the National Invitational Workshop held at the University of Melbourne, August 1991.

Piper, David Warren. (1993) Quality Management in Universities. DEET, Canberra, AGPS.

Higher Education Series. (1994) Diversity and Performance of Australian Universities. Canberra: AGPS.

Committee for Quality Assurance in Higher Education. (1994) Report on 1993 quality reviews. Canberra: AGPS.

Committee for Quality Assurance in Higher Education. (1995a) Report on 1994 quality reviews. Canberra: AGPS.

Committee for Quality Assurance in Higher Education. (1995b) Report on 1995 quality reviews. Canberra: AGPS.

Committee for Quality Assurance in Higher Education. (1995) Report on good practice in higher education. Canberra: AGPS.

Higher Education Council. (1995) The promotion of quality and innovation in higher education: Advice of the Higher Education Council on the use of discretionary funds. Canberra: AGPS.

Higher Education Council. (1996) Quality and standards of management education. Canberra: AGPS.

Higher Education Series. (1997) Managing the Quality of University Learning and Teaching. The Eltham Symposium (Report No 2). Canberra: AGPS.

Higher Education Council. (1997) Quality in resource based learning. Canberra: AGPS.

Brennan, John., de Vries Peter and Williams, Ruth (Eds). (1997) Standards and quality in higher education. Higher Education Series, Canberra: AGPS.

Higher Education Council. (1998) Quality implementation and reporting in Australian higher education 1997. Canberra: AGPS.

Kemp, Hon D. (1999) Knowledge and Innovation: A policy statement on research and research training. Canberra: AGPS.

Department of Education, Training and Youth Affairs. (1999) Quality of Australian higher education. Canberra: AGPS.

McKinnon, Ken; Walker, Suzanne H & Davis, Dorothy. (2000) Benchmarking: A Manual for Australian Universities. Higher Education Division, Canberra: AGPS.

Ministerial Council on Education, Training and Youth Affairs. (2000) National Protocols for Higher Education Approval Processes. Canberra: AGPS.

Department of Education, Training and Youth Affairs. (2000) Australian Higher Education Quality Assurance Framework. Canberra: AGPS.

Anderson, Don; Johnson, Richard; Milligan Bruce. (2000) Quality assurance and accreditation in Australian higher education: an assessment of Australian and international practice. DETYA, Canberra, AGPS.

Harman, Grant and Meek, V. Lynn. (2000) Repositioning quality assurance and accreditation in Australian higher education. DETYA, Canberra: AGPS.

Skilbeck, Malcolm & Connell, Helen (Eds). (2000) Quality assurance and accreditation in Australian higher education: a national seminar on future arrangements. DETYA, Canberra: AGPS.

Senate Employment, Workplace Relations, Small Business and Education References Committee. (2001) Universities in crisis. Canberra: AGPS.

Australian Universities Qualities Agency (2001) Audit Manual. (May 2001) Melbourne: AUQA.

Department of Education Science and Training. (2002) Striving for quality: learning, teaching and Scholarship. Canberra: AGPS.

Department of Education Science and Training. (2002) Institutional Quality Assurance and Improvement Plans for the 2002-2004 Triennium. Canberra: AGPS.

Nelson, Hon B. (2003) Our Universities: Backing Australia's Future. Canberra: AGPS.

Australian sites

Department of Education Science and Training: publications
Australian Vice-Chancellors' Committee: publications
Ministerial Council on Education, Training and Youth Affairs: publications
Australian Universities Quality Agency: Audit manual and reports
The Australian: Higher Education Supplement
Campus Review

International Sites

New Zealand Universities Academic Audit Unit: publications
Council for Higher Education Accreditation (USA): publications
Quality Assurance Agency (UK): publications
European University Association: Publications
Högskoleverket - Swedish National Agency for Higher Education: publications
International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO) 9004-4 1993: Education