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Stakeholders’ Engagement in Quality Assurance in Vietnam

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Quality Assurance in Vietnamese Higher Education

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Stakeholder engagement has become a norm in higher education governance in many countries. The main purpose of this chapter is to discuss the extent to which different particular stakeholders have engaged in quality assurance (QA) processes in other countries, followed by discussion of the current state of affairs of stakeholders’ engagement in QA in Vietnam. Any possible challenges to build a common understanding among stakeholders will also be discussed. The chapter will end up with recommendations to the Vietnamese government and higher education institutions on how both can develop and deepen this engagement and open up academic discussions on the future development of this engagement in the country.

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Pham, H.T. (2019). Stakeholders’ Engagement in Quality Assurance in Vietnam. In: Nguyen, C., Shah, M. (eds) Quality Assurance in Vietnamese Higher Education . Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-26859-6_7

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