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The purpose of this book is to examine quality in higher education. But to examine quality implies having standards that can be applied to judge quality. One of the themes that will emerge in the process of studying the quality of higher education is that what counts as quality depends to a very large extent on what the supposed purpose of higher education is. And the purposes and functions of higher education have changed a great deal over time.
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Turner, D.A. (2011). Origins. In: Turner, D.A. (eds) Quality in Higher Education. Comparative and International Education: A Diversity of Voices, vol 10. SensePublishers. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6091-684-7_2
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