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Peer reviewedDill, David D. – Quality in Higher Education, 1995
Efforts to improve the quality of academic programs in the United Kingdom, United States, and Netherlands have followed three general approaches: the logic of competitive markets; application of incentives; and professional self-regulation. Strengths and weaknesses of these approaches for improving academic quality are examined through the lens of…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Comparative Education, Competition, Educational Quality
Peer reviewedMeade, Phil – Quality in Higher Education, 1995
Outlines strategies used by one Australian university for systematic quality improvement, including development of a quality management plan, devolution of responsibility for quality advancement to faculties and schools, and improving documentation of quality-assurance procedures and outcomes. Topics discussed include leadership, committees,…
Descriptors: Case Studies, College Administration, College Outcomes Assessment, Educational Quality
Peer reviewedHarvey, Lee – Quality in Higher Education, 1995
Various total quality management (TQM) approaches are explored and some core elements specified. Generic problems of TQM and those relating to higher education are analyzed. It is argued that while there are some aspects of TQM that are applicable in the collegiate setting, the specific approach is inapplicable in higher education. A new…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Educational Quality, Higher Education, Management Systems
Peer reviewedGibbs, Graham – Quality in Higher Education, 1995
Argues that quality in faculty research does not translate directly into quality in teaching, and industrial modes of quality-assurance involving strong central management control are inappropriate for universities. The link between research and teaching is in mechanisms supporting quality. Academics know how to support quality in research; the…
Descriptors: College Faculty, College Instruction, Educational Quality, Higher Education
Peer reviewedSu, Jin-Li – Quality in Higher Education, 1995
A survey of 67 external evaluators from professional associations, 80 department heads, and 162 department faculty investigated effects of a trial departmental-evaluation program in Taiwan universities, focusing on whether assessments conducted by professional associations were better and more appropriate than those conducted by the education…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Comparative Analysis, Department Heads, Departments
Peer reviewedShabani, Juma – Quality in Higher Education, 1995
Discusses the causes for the recent decline in higher education quality in sub-Saharan Africa and possible strategies for improvement, including selective admission to the universities, teacher training programs for faculty, student evaluation of faculty, faculty participation in instructional materials development, improvement of graduate study,…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, College Admission, College Faculty, Educational Change
Peer reviewedErwin, T. Dary; Knight, Peter T. – Quality in Higher Education, 1995
Drawing on experience in the United States and United Kingdom, two educators discuss the practice of quality assessment in higher education. Distinguishing between formative and summative assessment, they identify characteristics that support quality learning, observing that practice falls short of these ideals and noting that it is risky for…
Descriptors: College Outcomes Assessment, Comparative Education, Educational Change, Educational Quality
