accountability

Yet, against the backdrop of internationalized higher education, questions arise on whether learning outcomes can fulfill this function on a global scale and whether there is a way, and need, to verify if learning outcomes have been achieved.

A survey of senior leaders in Irish higher education shows considerable support for key national objectives for higher education, but issues of accountability, regulation, institutional governance, and management are all viewed negatively by respondents.

Higher education in the United States faces a loss of trust. Much of the response to the public’s decreasing confidence has been through the accountability movement’s focus on individual, private benefits.