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This chapter examines—from a regional standpoint in Europe, and from a national perspective in Mexico and South Africa—issues of quality management with respect to doctoral programs and doctoral training. In the European region, complex questions regarding the institutional, national, and supranational evaluation of programs are examined, as are problems involved in assessing the growing diversification of doctoral degrees.
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Fortes, M., Kehm, B.M., Mayekiso, T. (2014). Evaluation and Quality Management in Europe, Mexico, and South Africa. In: Globalization and Its Impacts on the Quality of PhD Education. Global Perspectives on Higher Education. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6209-569-4_5
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