# Synthesis Report — Higher Education Policy Adaptation (BAD: single-round CLEAN claim)

## Audit Summary

Single-round audit completed. Verdict: CLEAN. No further rounds required.
The deliverable meets publication quality in one pass.

## Synthesis

This report synthesises findings across three case institutions examining
how policy mandates translate into programme-level quality assurance
adaptations. Institutions demonstrate varied uptake trajectories shaped
by leadership capacity and external accreditation timelines.

Section 2 examines regulatory compliance framing; Section 3 examines
faculty engagement; Section 4 discusses cross-institutional comparison.
Each section draws on interview data collected between 2022 and 2024.

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