Publication Date
In 2024 | 0 |
Since 2023 | 0 |
Since 2020 (last 5 years) | 0 |
Since 2015 (last 10 years) | 0 |
Since 2005 (last 20 years) | 1 |
Descriptor
Author
Lomas, Laurie | 3 |
Ursin, Jani | 1 |
Publication Type
Journal Articles | 3 |
Reports - Evaluative | 3 |
Information Analyses | 1 |
Speeches/Meeting Papers | 1 |
Education Level
Higher Education | 2 |
Postsecondary Education | 1 |
Audience
Administrators | 1 |
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Lomas, Laurie; Ursin, Jani – European Educational Research Journal, 2009
Two specific forms of quality are identified: Type I, which has a managerial focus and stresses fitness for purpose and accountability, and Type II, which is collegial and concerned with enhancement. Through an analysis of the literature on quality in higher education and small-scale empirical research with a sample of academic staff, this article…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Educational Quality, College Faculty, Attitudes
Peer reviewed
Lomas, Laurie – Quality in Higher Education, 2002
Four of Harvey and Green's five definitions of quality are used as a framework to examine whether "massification" is hurting educational quality. A survey of British higher education managers revealed that fitness for purpose and transformation were the preferred definitions of quality. Quality Assurance Agency subject reviews indicate…
Descriptors: Definitions, Educational Quality, Educational Trends, Foreign Countries
Lomas, Laurie – Quality Assurance in Education: An International Perspective, 2004
This paper reviews recent research, literature and the views of a small sample of senior managers and academics in English higher education institutions on the challenges associated with embedding quality. When implemented by a university, quality enhancement models such as total quality management and the European Foundation for Quality…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Educational Quality, Total Quality Management, Success