About Me
Don co-ordinates research on quality management in higher education. He studies quality assurance and accreditation and their impacts, as well as university rankings and performance (indicators, contracts).
Don is involved in post-experience training and consultancy, including projects for higher education ministries, quality assurance agencies and higher education institutions across Europe, in Asia, the United States and Africa.
Expertise
Education
Quality Assurance
Research
Institution
University
Quality
Reform
Ranking
Organizations
Publications
Recent Articles
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, 1-14. DOI: 10.1080/07294360.2018.1453786
Dattey, K., Westerheijden, D. F., & Hofman, W. H. A. (2017). Impact of accreditation on improvement of operational inputs after two cycles of assessments in some Ghanaian universities. Quality in higher education, 23(3), 213-229. DOI: 10.1080/13538322.2017.1407398
Kaiser, F., Jongbloed, B. W. A., Westerheijden, D. F., van Vught, F. A., Brouwer, O. G. . O., Kamminga, J. . J., ... de Zwaan, F. H. . F. (2017). Stelselrapportage 2016: Vierde jaarlijkse monitorrapport over de voortgang van het proces van profilering en kwaliteitsverbetering in het hoger onderwijs en onderzoek. Den Haag: Reviewcommissie Hoger Onderwijs en Onderzoek.
Lemmens-Krug, K., Westerheijden, D. F., & Torenvlied, R. (2017). Development of the concept ‘steering capacity in universities’. 1. Paper presented at 30th Annual CHER Conference 2017, Jyväskylä, Finland.
Westerheijden, D. F. (2017). University Governance in the United Kingdom, the Netherlands and Japan: Correlates of varieties of NPM and academics’ power in universities. Paper presented at 30th Annual CHER Conference 2017, Jyväskylä, Finland.
Hladchenko, M., & Westerheijden, D. F. (2017). Means-ends decoupling and academic identities in Ukrainian university after the Revolution of Dignity. European journal of higher education. DOI: 10.1080/21568235.2017.1370384
de Boer, H. F., File, J. M., Huisman, J., Seeber, M., Vukasovic, M., & Westerheijden, D. F. (2017). Structural Reforms in European Higher Education: Concluding Reflections. In H. Boer, J. File, J. Huisman, M. Seeber, M. Vukasovic, & D. F. Westerheijden (Eds.), Policy Analysis of Structural Reforms in Higher Education: Processes and Outcomes (pp. 269-287). (Palgrave studies in global higher education). Springer. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-42237-4_13
Antonowicz, D., Kwiek, M., & Westerheijden, D. F. (2017). The Government Response to the Private Sector Expansion in Poland. In H. Boer, J. File, J. Huisman, M. Seeber, M. Vukasovic, & D. F. Westerheijden (Eds.), Policy Analysis of Structural Reforms in Higher Education: Processes and Outcomes (pp. 119-138). (Palgrave studies in global higher education). Springer. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-42237-4_6
Boudard, E., & Westerheijden, D. F. (2017). France: Initiatives for Excellence. In H. Boer, J. File, J. Huisman, M. Seeber, M. Vukasovic, & D. F. Westerheijden (Eds.), Policy Analysis of Structural Reforms in Higher Education: Processes and Outcomes (pp. 161-182). (Palgrave studies in global higher education). Springer. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-42237-4_8
de Boer, H. F., File, J. M., Huisman, J., Seeber, M., Vukasovic, M., & Westerheijden, D. F. (2017). Structural Reform in European Higher Education: An Introduction. In H. Boer, J. File, J. Huisman, M. Seeber, M. Vukasovic, & D. F. Westerheijden (Eds.), Policy Analysis of Structural Reforms in Higher Education: Processes and Outcomes (pp. 1-28). (Palgrave studies in global higher education). Springer. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-42237-4_1
de Boer, H. F. (Ed.), File, J. M. (Ed.), Huisman, J., Huisman, J., Seeber, M. (Ed.), Vukasovic, M., & Westerheijden, D. F. (Ed.) (2017). Policy Analysis of Structural Reforms in Higher Education: Processes and Outcomes. (Palgrave studies in global higher education). Cham: Springer. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-42237-4
Kaiser, F., Jongbloed, B. W. A., & Westerheijden, D. F. (2016). Stelselrapportage 2015: Derde jaarlijkse monitorrapport over de voortgang van het process van profilering en kwaliteitsverbetering in het hoger onderwijs en onderzoek. Den Haag: Reviewcommissie Hoger Onderwijs en Onderzoek.
Federkeil, G., & Westerheijden, D. F. (2016). U-Multirank. A New Multi-Dimensional Transparency Tool in Higher Education. 2016(3), 23-43.
van Broekhoven, K., Leest, B., Wolbers, M., Allen, J., Belfi, B., van der Velden, R., ... Westerheijden, D. F. (2016). Opbrengsten en kosten van excellentie: evaluatie van de Sirius-programma's. 2015(5), 52-55.
Hladchenko, M., de Boer, H. F., & Westerheijden, D. F. (2016). Establishing research universities in Ukrainian higher education: the incomplete journey of a structural reform. Journal of higher education policy and management, 38(2), 111-125. DOI: 10.1080/1360080X.2016.1150232
Kolster, R., & Westerheijden, D. F. (2016). Convergence and divergence in the internationalisation of higher education. Paper presented at HKU-USC-IPPA Conference on Public Policy, Hong Kong, China.
Vossensteyn, J. J., & Westerheijden, D. F. (2016). Performance Orientation for Public Value: Dutch Myths and Realities in an International Perspective. In R. M. O. Pritchard, A. Pausits, & J. Williams (Eds.), Positioning Higher Education Institutions: From Here to There (pp. 227-245). Springer. DOI: 10.1007/978-94-6300-660-6_13
Nokkala, T., Välimaa, J., & Westerheijden, D. F. (2016). Finland, university mergers and institutional profiling: One of twelve case studies produced as part of the project on structural reform in higher education. Publications Office of the European Union. DOI: 10.2766/118884
Kwiek, M., Antonowicz, D., & Westerheijden, D. F. (2016). Poland, assuring and strengthening the quality of (private) higher education: One of twelve case studies produced as part of the project on structural reform in higher education. Publications Office of the European Union. DOI: 10.2766/60804
Boudard, E., & Westerheijden, D. F. (2016). France, initiatives for excellence in higher education: One of twelve case studies produced as part of the project on structural reform in higher education. Publications Office of the European Union. DOI: 10.2766/133683
Zeeman, N., Kolster, R., Mensing, R., Westerheijden, D. F., & Vossensteyn, J. J. (2016). Quick scan of learning outcomes assessment instruments: report for the OECD. Center for Higher Education Policy Studies (CHEPS).
File, J. M., Huisman, J., de Boer, H. F., Seeber, M., Vukasovic, M., & Westerheijden, D. F. (2016). Structural higher education reform - design and evaluation: synthesis report. Publications Office of the European Union. DOI: 10.2766/79662
Kaiser, F., Jongbloed, B. W. A., & Westerheijden, D. F. (2015). Stelselrapportage 2014 Reviewcommissie Hoger Onderwijs en Onderzoek: Tweede jaarlijkse monitorrapport over de voortgang van het process van profilering en kwaliteitsverbetering in het hoger onderwijs en onderzoek. Den Haag: Reviewcommissie Hoger Onderwijs en Onderzoek.
Westerheijden, D. F. (2015). Compare universities your way: U-Multirank and its uses for institutional management. Paper presented at SGroup general assembly 2015, Las Palmas, Spain.
Westerheijden, D. F. (2015). The world's first global, multi-dimensional, user-driven university ranking. Paper presented at 2015 CHEA Annual Conference, Washington, United States.
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Education
Supervisor of bachelor and master theses, as well as of PhD dissertations, all if connected with (quality in) higher education.
Affiliated Study Programmes
Bachelor
Master
Projects
Contact Details
Visiting Address
University of Twente
Faculty of Behavioural, Management and Social Sciences
Ravelijn
(building no. 10), room 5115
Hallenweg 17
7522NH Enschede
The Netherlands
Mailing Address
University of Twente
Faculty of Behavioural, Management and Social Sciences
Ravelijn
5115
P.O. Box 217
7500 AE Enschede
The Netherlands