dr. D.F. Westerheijden (Don)

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.

Education

Quality Assurance

University

Reform

Student

Governance

Ranking

Structural Reform

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. J. R. , & Westerheijden, D. (2020). Learning from Innovations in Higher Education: Evaluation of innovation impacts of the Norwegian Centres for Excellence in Education initiative.

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

Kolster, R. , Westerheijden, D. , & Need, A. (2020). Onderwijskeuzes en employability: Buitenlandervaring, bestuurservaring en excellentieonderwijs in de werving door werkgevers: Deelonderzoek van ‘Excellentie in het hoger onderwijs: Selectie, effectiviteit en uitstralingseffecten’.

Kolster, R. , & Westerheijden, D. (2020). Uitstralingseffecten van excellentieonderwijs; van innovatie naar uitstraling: Deelonderzoek van ‘Excellentie in het hoger onderwijs: Selectie, effectiviteit en uitstralingseffecten’.

Hladchenko, M. (2020). Global education models in national contexts: the establishment of research universities in Ukraine. University of Twente. https://doi.org/10.3990/1.9789036549387

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

de Boer, H. F. , Kolster, R. , & Westerheijden, D. (2019). Sturing en beleidsinstrumentanalyse: Beleidsdoorlichting Hoger Onderwijs 2015-2018.

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

Westerheijden, D. F. (Photographer). (2019). Speaking truth to power: Academic freedom and engaged universities. Web publication/site https://blogcheps.wordpress.com/2019/01/09/speaking-truth-to-power-academic-freedom-and-engaged-universities/

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. J. J. . , & 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. W. A. , Vossensteyn, H. J. J. . , 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. J. J. . , 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. W. A. , Kaiser, F. , van Vught, F. A. , & Westerheijden, D. F. (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. J. J. . (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. J. J. . , 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.

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Formerly supervisor of bachelor and master theses, as well as of PhD dissertations, all if connected with (quality in) higher education.