GUNI, Global University Network for Innovation, creado por la Universidad Politécnica de Cataluña, ha puesto en circulación el Informe 2007 de Higher Education in the World, este año referido al tema de la acreditación para el aseguramiento de la calidad.
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Tendencias del aseguramiento de calidad en la educación superior de países de la OECD, 20 noviembre 2006
Tendencias recientes de la educación superior a nivel mundial, 11 agosto 2005

Higher Education in the WorldHEIW 2007: Accreditation for quality assurance Accreditation for Quality Assurance: What is at Stake
The 2007 report, Accreditation for Quality Assurance: What is at Stake?, includes papers from 48 eminent scholars from around the world discussing, from both global and regional perspectives, the issues associated with the accreditation for quality assurance of higher education. Some of the principal issues dealt with are: what are the historical and sociological roots of accreditation? What are the current mechanisms of accreditation? How do they take care of cross-border higher education? What are the financial implications of accreditation? How to avoid corruption in the process? What are the steps to set up an ideal accreditation agency? How can it be governed? What are the issues at stake in accreditation for quality assurance?