Kemal Gürüz: Quality Assurance in a Globalized Higher Education Environment: An Historical Perspective (Memento vom 16. Februar 2008 im Internet Archive). Istanbul 2007, S. 5: „The decretal of Pope Alexander III in 1179, forbidding masters of the church schools to take fees for granting the license to teach (licentia docendi), and obliging them to give license to properly qualified teachers, i.e., those who had passed examinations conducted by senior teachers, is another example that pertains to autonomy and faculty privileges.“