http://www.aacsb.edu/RSS/assessment.xml Assessment News from AACSB International en-us http://tinyurl.com/cmae54j Some new reading on assessing the complex, surprisingly little understood, and much debated topic of "internationalization" was published today by NAFSA, the Association of International Educators. Assessment http://www.universityworldnews.com/article.php?story=20120503164105608 More than one in five of 189 study programs evaluated by the Swedish National Agency for Higher Education (HSV) have been graded 'unsatisfactory'. And to the embarrassment of the Swedish government, the system of quality assurance itself has been rated unsatisfactory by a panel of European experts. Assessment http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-04-18/news/31360937_1_accreditation-regulatory-authority-minister-kapil-sibal-today-education-malpractices-bill Perturbed over key higher education reform bills being stuck in parliament for more than two years, India's Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal last week accused private education institutions of stalling the passage of legislation that seeks to raise quality, reports The Times of India. Assessment http://www.universityworldnews.com/article.php?story=20120419132507994 Administrators from 14 universities and polytechnics across Ecuador woke up on 13 April to find signs affixed to their buildings that read: "Suspended due to lack of academic quality." President Rafael Correa called the unprecedented move "an historic event, brave and of major significance for the country's future." Assessment