Meeting of Directors-General for Higher Education: 06-07/10/2009, Kalmar, SWEDEN.High quality higher education is of great importance for Europe’s development as a knowledge region and for stronger European competitiveness against other regions in the world. Within the framework of the modernisation process that the European universities are undergoing, it is important to consider the quality aspects of higher education, the parameters to be taken into account and methods of quality assurance used. The meeting of Directors-General for Higher Education will address issues concerning how the quality of higher education can be assured in a world of increasingly independent higher education institutions.
