Assuring Quality And Standards In Higher Education

Author : Alma Craft
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2018-10-10
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780429815362

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International Developments in Assuring Quality in Higher Education by Alma Craft Pdf

Originally published in 1994, International Developments in Assuring Quality in Higher Education describes a range of national and international developments which evaluate the quality of education provided by public and private tertiary institutions. The book is based on papers from a conference organized by the International Network of Quality Assurance Agencies in Higher Education, and held in Montreal in 1993. Regional perspectives from Africa, Asia and the Pacific, Latin America, North America and Western Europe are followed by an account of national quality assurance agencies in Chile, Denmark, Korea, New Zealand, South Africa, Quebec, Romania, Scotland and the USA. There are also chapters on the work of UNESCO and the World Bank in promoting quality in higher education in industrialising nations. Together these papers supplement the account of international initiatives.

Author : Kay Shattuck
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 205 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2023-07-03
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781000979411

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Assuring Quality in Online Education by Kay Shattuck Pdf

Online distance education continues to grow at a fast pace, even outpacing the overall growth of U.S. higher education. Demands for quality are coming from all shareholders involved. As if caught by surprise, a patchwork response to quality is often the typical organizational response. The result can be inconsistent and uncoordinated levels of value to those invested in online learning. This often promotes negative images of the educational experience and institution.Comprised of highly regarded experts in the field, this edited volume provides a comprehensive overview of quality assurance, a snapshot of current practices and proven recommendations for raising standards of quality in online education.Topics discussed include:* Improving practices for teaching online* Using educational analytics for quality assurance and improvement* Accessibility: An important dimension of quality assurance* Assuring quality in online course design* Assuring quality in learner support, academic resources, advising and counseling* The role and realities of accreditationThis text clearly answers the call for addressing quality from a broad, deep and coordinated understanding. It addresses the complexities of quality assurance in higher education and offers professionals top-shelf advice and support. *This text is also appropriate for students enrolled in Educational Technology and Higher Education Administration Masters and PhD programs

Author : Antony Stella
Publisher : Allied Publishers (India)
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Education
ISBN : UOM:39015051931742

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Assuring Quality and Standards in Higher Education by Antony Stella Pdf

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Author : Kay Shattuck
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2023
Category : Computer-assisted instruction
ISBN : 1003443125

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Assuring Quality in Online Education by Kay Shattuck Pdf

Online distance education continues to grow at a fast pace, even outpacing the overall growth of U.S. higher education. Demands for quality are coming from all shareholders involved. As if caught by surprise, a patchwork response to quality is often the typical organizational response. The result can be inconsistent and uncoordinated levels of value to those invested in online learning. This often promotes negative images of the educational experience and institution.Comprised of highly regarded experts in the field, this edited volume provides a comprehensive overview of quality assurance, a snapshot of current practices and proven recommendations for raising standards of quality in online education.Topics discussed include:* Improving practices for teaching online* Using educational analytics for quality assurance and improvement* Accessibility: An important dimension of quality assurance* Assuring quality in online course design* Assuring quality in learner support, academic resources, advising and counseling* The role and realities of accreditationThis text clearly answers the call for addressing quality from a broad, deep and coordinated understanding. It addresses the complexities of quality assurance in higher education and offers professionals top-shelf advice and support. *This text is also appropriate for students enrolled in Educational Technology and Higher Education Administration Masters and PhD programs

Author : Roger Ellis,Elaine Hogard
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 510 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2018-07-03
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781351740326

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Handbook of Quality Assurance for University Teaching by Roger Ellis,Elaine Hogard Pdf

This practical and authoritative handbook provides a comprehensive overview of the issues and approaches to assuring quality in university teaching. Including contributions from major international figures, the book contains a wealth of ideas and practical advice to help universities commit to quality in teaching and offers insights into how the topics raised can be directly applied. The book initially identifies some of the key issues surrounding the topic, such as the evidence-based identification of teaching quality; the training of university lecturers and faculty; external and internal quality assurance; the tension between professional autonomy and governmental regulation; and the involvement of students in developing quality. It then moves on to present ideas and initiatives to address these problems, tackling the subject through four sections: Assuring Quality – questioning what quality assurance means and how it might be practised; Identifying Quality – examining what knowledge exists at present and how it might be further researched; Developing Quality – investigating the development of staff through teacher training and appraisal; Case Studies of Quality Assurance – reviewing six case studies of quality assurance in a range of contrasting subjects including the professional subjects of Medicine, Nursing and Teacher Training which are also addressed systemically in the first section. Full of practical advice, Handbook of Quality Assurance for University Teaching is an invaluable and unique resource for Faculty, Subject Leaders, University Administrators and Quality Assessors.

Author : Heather Eggins
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 187 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2014-02-05
Category : Education
ISBN : 9789462094949

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Drivers and Barriers to Achieving Quality in Higher Education by Heather Eggins Pdf

The topic of achieving and assuring quality in every higher education institution continues to be both relevant and urgent worldwide. This volume presents a considered discussion of a range of facets of the issue, drawing on the findings of a 3 year EU research programme involving seven countries: Czech Republic, United Kingdom, Latvia, Portugal, Poland, Slovakia and the Netherlands. Topics include access, student assessment, governance, stakeholders, academic faculty, information and the interface between the secondary and tertiary sectors. The authors, all of whom are drawn from the research teams, explore particular aspects of the research objectives. These aim to identify the drivers and overcome the barriers to establishing high quality in both European higher education, in relation to the Standards and Guidelines for Quality Assurance and, by implication, in worldwide higher education.

Author : Stamelos Georgios,K.M. Joshi,Saeed Paivandi
Publisher : Studera Press
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2017-01-30
Category : Education
ISBN : 9789385883279

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Quality Assurance in Higher Education by Stamelos Georgios,K.M. Joshi,Saeed Paivandi Pdf

The significant growth of number of students enrolled in tertiary education institutions in the recent past decades has caused an unprecedented expansion of higher education systems. The rapid and constant social, economic and technological mutations and international competition make the importance of qualitatively well-educated citizenry and labor forces very decisive. Globalization has developed a powerful impact on the development of higher education and imposes new challenges for the organization (standards, financing, regulations). Systems of higher education tend to detach from the national models and adopt a more "global" orientation. The implementation of quality assurance is one of the recent and most decisive transformations of higher education. Different higher education systems are trying to develop assessment tools (internal and external) to improve the quality of teaching, research and extension activities, and these are either based on experiences of selected countries or are extensively country specific. The quality assurance procedures that were often dependent on national directorial traditions have gradually tended to converge and led to a setup of common tools and standards. Countries under a centralized system tend to impose a uniform and general model while decentralized systems give greater freedom to universities to set up their own quality. International rankings of universities also contribute to impose a set of transnational standards and values, which is also being considered as indicative by the stakeholders. The present book tries to look at the quality assurance mechanism, international rankings and its impact in both absolute and comparative fashion in context of 11 countries from different parts of the world.

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Education and the Workforce. Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Accreditation (Education)
ISBN : PURD:32754074681820

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Assuring quality and accountability in postsecondary education by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Education and the Workforce. Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness Pdf

Author : Don F. Westerheijden,Bjorn Stensaker,Maria Joao Rosa
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 267 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2007-09-04
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781402060120

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Quality Assurance in Higher Education by Don F. Westerheijden,Bjorn Stensaker,Maria Joao Rosa Pdf

By bringing together leading experts on quality assurance in higher education from seven countries (from Europe, the USA and South Africa), this volume intends to go several steps further than most publications on the same subject. Containing comprehensive discussion of the most relevant trends in quality assurance regulation, translation and transformation, researchers and policy makers will find an engaged, academic reflection on how quality assurance is embedded in higher education and in a dynamic way to assess its impacts and potential improvements.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UCR:31210016715821

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107-2 Hearing: Assuring Quality and Accountability in Postsecondary Education: Assessing The Role of Accreditation, October 1, 2002, * by Anonim Pdf

Author : David D. Dill,Maarja Beerkens
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 347 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2010-04-12
Category : Education
ISBN : 9789048137541

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Public Policy for Academic Quality by David D. Dill,Maarja Beerkens Pdf

Over the last decade the structure of higher education in most countries has undergone significant change brought about by social demands for expanded access, technological developments, and market forces. In this period of change the traditional concerns with access and cost have been supplemented by a new concern with academic quality. As a consequence, new public policies on academic quality and new forms of academic quality assurance have rapidly emerged and swiftly migrated across continents and around the globe. The growing public debate about academic quality assurance within and across countries however has not always been well informed by analyses of the strengths and weaknesses of these new policy instruments. The Public Policy for Academic Quality Research Program (PPAQ) was designed to provide systematic analyses of innovative external quality assurance policies around the world. This volume presents the fourteen analyses of national policies on academic quality assurance conducted as part of the PPAQ Research Program utilizing the knowledge of informed international scholars. Each policy analysis examines the policy goals, implementation problems, and impacts of these newly developed national quality assurance instruments. The book concludes with an assessment of the lessons learned from these collected policy analyses and outlines the framework conditions that appear essential for assuring academic standards in the university sector.

Author : Jon Yorke,Lesley Vidovich
Publisher : Springer
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2016-07-13
Category : Education
ISBN : 9783319329246

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Learning Standards and the Assessment of Quality in Higher Education: Contested Policy Trajectories by Jon Yorke,Lesley Vidovich Pdf

This book analyses accountability and quality policies relating to learning standards and examines their implications for assessment in higher education. Whilst primarily focusing on the Australian setting, this analysis is located within a broader frame of reference that includes the United Kingdom (UK), the United States of America (US), and the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). Across these settings, comparative measures of learning have been seen as a policy ‘solution’ to the problem of ‘proving quality’ in a globalised and increasingly competitive higher education market. Comparative measures of learning depend on the specification of learning standards. Learning standards attempt to articulate the capabilities expected of graduates, and students’ achievement of these is determined through the practices of assessment carried out within institutions. Quality policy, learning standards and assessment practices all intersect within the broader umbrella of accountability, with relevance to governments, higher education providers, employers, parents, and students. The findings reported in this book highlight a number of policy influences, including the rising demands for national and international comparative data on learning standards to compare quality and inform student choice in a globally competitive market.

Author : Peter Neema-Abooki
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 357 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2021-08-23
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781000426380

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Quality Assurance in Higher Education in Eastern and Southern Africa by Peter Neema-Abooki Pdf

This book examines the critical aspect of quality assurance maintenance of competitive-standards in African higher education. It explores both the micro and macro-levels of continental African higher education regulatory authorities, and analyses different institutional, regional and national practices for moving towards continental quality assurance approaches. Contributed to by scholars across Eastern and Southern Africa, the book considers conceptual, practical, epistemological and policy dimensions of quality and quality assurance, especially in relation to higher education in Africa. It therefore draws on research and local expertise to open up debate about how to assure and enhance the quality of higher education, providing a comprehensive review of eight countries and considers societal challenges. It aims to satisfy the need of more thoughtful and critical works on African education as produced by African educators. The uniqueness of this book lies in integrating both the theoretical and practical dimensions of quality to devise appropriate strategies for ensuring quality and standards in higher education in continental Africa and beyond. This authoritative book advocates for a timely discussion around the prpvision of good quality higher education and research in African universities, and will be of great interest to academics, policy makers, researchers and post-graduate students in the fields of higher education, comparative education and African studies.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 37 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Academic achievement
ISBN : 1858243637

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Regulatory Frameworks for Assuring Academic Standards in Credit-based Modular Higher Education by Anonim Pdf

Author : Alma Craft
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2020-05-09
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0367000962

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International Developments in Assuring Quality in Higher Education by Alma Craft Pdf

Originally published in 1994, International Developments in Assuring Quality in Higher Education describes a range of national and international developments which evaluate the quality of education provided by public and private tertiary institutions. The book is based on papers from a conference organized by the International Network of Quality Assurance Agencies in Higher Education, and held in Montreal in 1993. Regional perspectives from Africa, Asia and the Pacific, Latin America, North America and Western Europe are followed by an account of national quality assurance agencies in Chile, Denmark, Korea, New Zealand, South Africa, Quebec, Romania, Scotland and the USA. There are also chapters on the work of UNESCO and the World Bank in promoting quality in higher education in industrialising nations. Together these papers supplement the account of international initiatives.