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Liu, Chang; Feng, Yongfu; Wang, Yuling – Studies in Higher Education, 2022
In this paper, a new evaluation method for under-graduate education quality is proposed based on Artificial Intelligence Neural Network Back-Propagation (BP) algorithm and stress testing. Using this method, a publically available indicator pool is constructed, consisting of 19 variables in 4 dimensions such as Teaching Attitude, Teaching Content,…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Artificial Intelligence, Educational Indicators, Teacher Attitudes
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Dicker, R.; Garcia, M.; Kelly, A.; Mulrooney, H. – Studies in Higher Education, 2019
'Quality' in education is difficult to define. What is viewed as high quality by staff, students and employers must be identified so that universities can articulate their offer. Equally, helping students develop the graduate skills and attributes that employers value is essential. This project explored quality in higher education from the…
Descriptors: Educational Quality, Student Attitudes, Employer Attitudes, College Students
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Wise, Graham; Dickinson, Connie; Katan, Tuntiak; Gallegos, Maria Cristina – Studies in Higher Education, 2020
Indigenous higher education governance is a fundamental element of diversity, equality and inclusivity at universities with significant indigenous student populations or stakeholder communities. Management approaches to establish inclusive governance mechanisms are complex and little guidance exists to support university managers to establish…
Descriptors: Inclusion, Higher Education, Governance, Indigenous Populations
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Godonoga, Ana; Sporn, Barbara – Studies in Higher Education, 2023
With the transition to knowledge-based economies, higher education (HE) has become a driving factor for economic and social development. Alongside high-quality education and excellent research, social responsibility (SR) has become an important aspect of universities' accountability and legitimacy. Considering the growing importance of SR for…
Descriptors: Social Responsibility, School Responsibility, Universities, Higher Education
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Noaman, Amin Y.; Ragab, Abdul Hamid M.; Madbouly, Ayman I.; Khedra, Ahmed M.; Fayoumi, Ayman G. – Studies in Higher Education, 2017
This paper presents a developed higher education quality assessment model (HEQAM) that can be applied for enhancement of university services. This is because there is no universal unified quality standard model that can be used to assess the quality criteria of higher education institutes. The analytical hierarchy process is used to identify the…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Educational Quality, Universities, Questionnaires
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Sundberg, Kristina; Josephson, Anna; Reeves, Scott; Nordquist, Jonas – Studies in Higher Education, 2017
A key role for educational leaders within undergraduate medical education is to continually improve the quality of education; global quality health care is the goal. This paper reports the findings from a study employing a power model to highlight how educational leaders influence the development of undergraduate medical curricula and the…
Descriptors: Medical Education, Higher Education, Instructional Leadership, Undergraduate Study
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Kim, Young-Ah; Kim, Kyung-Ah; Tzokas, Nikolaos – Studies in Higher Education, 2022
Using a sample of 15,741 graduates from the 2019 Korean Graduates Occupational Mobility National Survey, the study examines the effects of different types of vocational education, job skills-enhancing training and the quality management of university education on graduates employability. The results show that students' participation in internships…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Graduates, Entrepreneurship, Vocational Education
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Ulker, Nilufer; Bakioglu, Aysen – Studies in Higher Education, 2019
Due to increasing demand for higher education around the world, concerns regarding the quality of education in higher education institutions have increased. The aim of this study was to determine perceptions of accreditation self-study coordinators and programme administrators on the influence of accreditation on academic quality. Data was…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Educational Quality, Higher Education, Administrator Attitudes
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Cui, Vanessa; French, Amanda; O'Leary, Matt – Studies in Higher Education, 2021
Drawing on recent research involving approximately 6000 higher education staff, this paper examines the impact of the Teaching Excellence and Student Outcomes Framework (TEF) on their professional lives since its launch in 2016. Our findings raise fundamental concerns, methodologically and conceptually, about the fitness for the purpose of the TEF…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Effectiveness, College Faculty, Teacher Attitudes
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Lin, Ching-Hui; Chen, Jyun-Hong; Borden, Victor M. H. – Studies in Higher Education, 2021
This study employs a quantitative method to understand the qualities of college experience that impact timely degree attainment. We specifically focus on how low socio-economic background students transition to and navigate the academic and social environment of a selective pubic research university. The study applies a longitudinal analysis to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Experience, Educational Attainment, Economic Factors
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Espinoza, Oscar; González, Luis Eduardo; McGinn, Noel; Castillo, Dante; Sandoval, Luis – Studies in Higher Education, 2019
Universities' reputations are built in part on graduates' assessments of the quality of education they received. What do these assessments tell us? Are graduates' judgments of quality based on their experiences as students or on their later job satisfaction, that is, on process or on outcomes? The objective of this study was to assess the extent…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Student Satisfaction, College Graduates
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Harrison, Reema; Meyer, Lois; Rawstorne, Patrick; Razee, Husna; Chitkara, Upma; Mears, Steven; Balasooriya, Chinthaka – Studies in Higher Education, 2022
High-quality teaching is central to the higher education sector. Its pursuit has become heightened with increasing competition across institutions and opportunities to study globally through various modes. This systematic meta-review provides a synthesis of evidence relating to the methods used to assess and enhance the quality of teaching…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Educational Quality, Teacher Effectiveness, College Faculty
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Pekkola, Elias; Siekkinen, Taru; Kivistö, Jussi; Lyytinen, Anu – Studies in Higher Education, 2018
Management is one of the most studied phenomena in higher education. Most of these studies are conducted in the framework of higher education policy, academic work and quality of education and research. The management is often seen as an independent variable explaining the changes in higher education in the context of New Public Management and…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, College Faculty, Higher Education, Educational Policy
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Owusu-Kwarteng, Louise – Studies in Higher Education, 2021
'Studying in this England is Wahala' critically analyses social/academic experiences of 12 West African overseas undergraduate/postgraduate students in a London University. It discusses structural and individual factors impacting on decisions to study here, including perceptions of differences between quality of university education in the UK and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Foreign Students, College Students, Student Attitudes
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Chong, Yit Sean; Ahmed, Pervaiz K. – Studies in Higher Education, 2015
With the globalisation of the higher education industry, service quality in the higher education services is seen as a vital factor in determining a university's competitive advantage. The purpose of this study is to extend current conceptualisation of quality research in higher education by investigating the influence of self-determination and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Student Motivation, Student Attitudes
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