About Me
Don is a retired (2021) researcher on quality management in higher education. He studied quality assurance and accreditation and their impacts, as well as university rankings and performance (indicators, contracts).
Don was involved in thesis supervision (bachelor, master and Ph.D.) as well as post-experience training and consultancy, such as projects for higher education ministries, the European Commission, quality assurance agencies and higher education institutions across Europe, in Asia, the United States and Africa.
Expertise
Social Sciences
# Accreditation
# Education
# Netherlands
# Quality Assurance
# Ranking
# Reform
# Structural Reform
# University
Publications
Recent
Eckardt, F. (2021).
Let the people speak: Deliberative mini-publics: A pathway towards a participatory democracy?. (q ed.). University of Twente.
https://doi.org/10.3990/1.9789036552189
Kottmann, A.
, van der Meulen, B.
, & Westerheijden, D. (2020).
Learning from Innovations in Higher Education: Evaluation of innovation impacts of the Norwegian Centres for Excellence in Education initiative. Center for Higher Education Policy Studies (CHEPS).
https://www.persistent-identifier.nl/urn:nbn:nl:ui:28-11dbe404-730c-4a54-8735-7ae99c50140b
van Broekhoven, K., Huijts, T., Isendam, M., Jacobs, M.
, Kolster, R., Leest, B., Meng, C.
, Westerheijden, D., & Wolbers, M. (2020).
Proeftuinen voor bovengemiddeld getalenteerden: Over het effect van excellentieprogramma's.
TH&MA,
2020(4).
https://www.themahogeronderwijs.org/het-archief/author/1051
Kolster, R.
, & Westerheijden, D. (2020).
Understanding Convergence and Divergence in the Internationalization of Higher Education from a World Society Perspective. In G. Capano, & D. S. L. Jarvis (Eds.),
Convergence and diversity in the governance of higher education: Comparative perspectives (pp. 156-183). Cambridge University Press.
https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108669429.007
Jongbloed, B. W. A.
, Kaiser, F.
, & Westerheijden, D. (2020).
Improving study success and diversity in Dutch higher education using performance agreements.
Tertiary education and management,
26(3), 329–343.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11233-019-09055-8
Lemmens-Krug, K.
, Westerheijden, D.
, & Torenvlied, R. (2019).
Responding to diverse demands: Shapes of university leadership steering capacity regarding education enhancement. Paper presented at 41st EAIR Forum 2019, Leiden, Netherlands.
Lemmens-Krug, K.
, Westerheijden, D.
, & Torenvlied, R. (2019).
Steering capacity of university leadership in present-day universities regarding the mission of education enhancement. Paper presented at 35th EGOS Colloquium, Edinburgh, United Kingdom.
Dattey, K.
, Westerheijden, D. F., & Hofman, W. H. A. (2019).
Compliance with accreditation measures in Ghanaian universities: Students' perspectives.
Quality in higher education,
25(3), 304-323.
https://doi.org/10.1080/13538322.2019.1684024
Chu, A.
, & Westerheijden, D. F. (2019).
Between quality and control: what can we learn from higher education quality assurance policy in the Netherlands.
Quality in higher education,
24(3), 260-270.
https://doi.org/10.1080/13538322.2018.1559513
Hladchenko, M.
, & Westerheijden, D. F. (2019).
The self-concept of Ukrainian doctoral students: Means-ends decoupling at the state level.
Higher education quarterly,
73(2), 182-197.
https://doi.org/10.1111/hequ.12182
Benneworth, P. S., Culum, B., Farnell, T.
, Kaiser, F., Seeber, M., Scukanec, N.
, Vossensteyn, H.
, & Westerheijden, D. F. (2018).
Mapping and Critical Synthesis of Current State-of-the-Art on Community Engagement in Higher Education. Institute for the Development of Education.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Fw65Z-zccE6cWGR-83A1nZQqL2n2dlmG/view
Westerheijden, D. F., & Federkeil, G. (2018).
U-Multirank: A European multidimensional transparency tool in higher education.
Internationalisation of Higher Education, (4), 77-96.
van Vught, F. A., van der Wende, M. C.
, & Westerheijden, D. F. (2018).
Globalisation and Differentiation in Higher Education Systems. In J. Juisman, & M. Tight (Eds.),
Theory and Method in Higher Education Research (Vol. 4, pp. 85-101). (Theory and method in higher education research; Vol. 4). Emerald Group Publishing Ltd..
https://doi.org/10.1108/S2056-375220180000004007
Jongbloed, B.
, Vossensteyn, H.
, van Vught, F.
, & Westerheijden, D. F. (2018).
Transparency in Higher Education: The Emergence of a New Perspective on Higher Education Governance. In A. Curaj, L. Deca, & R. Pricopie (Eds.),
European Higher Education Area: The Impact of Past and Future Policies (pp. 441-454). Springer.
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-77407-7_27
Jongbloed, B. W. A.
, Vossensteyn, H.
, van Vught, F.
, & Westerheijden, D. F. (2018).
Transparency tools for higher education. In E. Hazelkorn, H. Coates, & A. C. McCormick (Eds.),
Research Handbook on Quality, Performance and Accountability in Higher Education (pp. 560-574). (ElgarOnline Social and Political Science subject collection). Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd..
https://www.elgaronline.com/view/edcoll/9781785369742/9781785369742.00055.xml
Jongbloed, B.
, Kaiser, F.
, van Vught, F.
, & Westerheijden, D. (2018).
Performance agreements in higher education: a new approach to higher education funding. In A. Curaj, L. Deca, & R. Pricopie (Eds.),
European higher education area: The impact of past and future policies (pp. 671-687). Springer.
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-77407-7
Westerheijden, D. F. (2018).
University Governance in the United Kingdom, the Netherlands and Japan: Autonomy and Shared Governance after New Public Management Reforms.
Nagoya Journal of Higher Education,
18, 199-220.
Kolster, R.
, de Boer, H. F.
, Westerheijden, D. F.
, & Vossensteyn, H. (2018).
Een verkenning van de kennisinfrastructuur onderwijsinnovaties in het Nederlandse hoger onderwijs: Rapportage voor het Nationaal Regieorgaan Onderwijsonderzoek. Center for Higher Education Policy Studies (CHEPS).
Hladchenko, M.
, Westerheijden, D. F.
, & de Boer, H. F. (2018).
Means-ends Decoupling at the State Level and Managerial Responses to Multiple Organisational Identities in Ukrainian Research Universities.
Higher education research & development,
37(4), 744-757.
https://doi.org/10.1080/07294360.2018.1453786
Jongbloed, B. W. A.
, Vossensteyn, H.
, van Vught, F. A.
, & Westerheijden, D. F. (2018).
Transparency in higher education: The emergence of a new perspective on higher education governance. Paper presented at The Future of Higher Education, Bucharest, Romania.
Google Scholar Link
Education
Formerly supervisor of bachelor and master theses, as well as of PhD dissertations, all if connected with (quality in) higher education.
Courses Academic Year 2021/2022
Courses in the current academic year are added at the moment they are finalised in the Osiris system. Therefore it is possible that the list is not yet complete for the whole academic year.
Courses Academic Year 2020/2021
Projects
Contact Details
+31534893263
(if no answer)
Visiting Address
University of Twente
Drienerlolaan 5
7522 NB Enschede
The Netherlands
Mailing Address
University of Twente
P.O. Box 217
7500 AE Enschede
The Netherlands