ERIC Number: ED540074
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2012
Pages: 122
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: ISBN-978-0-9265-0823-1
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Making the Grade: How Boards Can Ensure Academic Quality. Second Edition
Ewell, Peter
Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges
"Making the Grade: How Boards Can Ensure Academic Quality"--popularly referred to as "The Little Yellow Book" by boards, faculty, provosts, and assessment specialists--provides clear guidance for the board's role in the most important "business" of academe: educating students. As public calls for greater accountability skyrocket, this new edition sharpens the focus on student learning and effective quality assessment. Peter Ewell helps higher education boards strike a delicate balance by showing them how to uphold their fiduciary oversight responsibilities without micromanaging institutions. New to the second edition: (1) All new key statistics and trends; (2) Tips for ensuring quality while containing costs; (3) Advice on how to get the most from the assessment process; (4) Practical "Questions for Boards to Consider" after each section; and (5) Expanded appendix, including AGB's recent "Statement on Board Responsibility for the Oversight of Educational Quality." AGB statement on Board Responsibility for the Oversight of Educational Quality is appended. A list of references and resources is included. (Contains 17 footnotes.)
Descriptors: Governing Boards, Educational Quality, Educational Practices, Teaching (Occupation), Educational Improvement, Educational Change, Quality Assurance, Instructional Improvement, Accountability, Administrator Guides, Academic Achievement, Educational Assessment, Educational Finance, School Statistics, Administrator Responsibility, Academic Persistence, Graduation Rate, Stakeholders, Accreditation (Institutions), Higher Education, Colleges, College Administration
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Publication Type: Books; Guides - Non-Classroom
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
Audience: Policymakers
Language: English
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Authoring Institution: Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges
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