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Hoare, Alana; Dishke Hondzel, Catharine; Wagner, Shannon – Quality Assurance in Education: An International Perspective, 2022
Purpose: Higher education institutions are required to evaluate program quality through cyclical program review processes. Despite often being considered the "gold standard" of academic review, there persists dissatisfaction with the lack of integration of program review findings into other planning processes, such as budgeting,…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Educational Quality, Quality Assurance, Educational Assessment
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Kleijnen, Jan; Dolmans, Diana; Willems, Jos; van Hout, Hans – Quality Assurance in Education: An International Perspective, 2011
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to explore faculty's perceptions of quality management activities (QMA) within their departments, attention being paid to relevant quality aspects and whether quality management contributes to control or improvement of higher education. Furthermore, it examines differences between departments and relationships…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Total Quality Management, Educational Practices
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Toker, Boran – Quality Assurance in Education: An International Perspective, 2011
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to investigate the levels of job satisfaction among academicians in the universities of Turkey and to examine the effects of demographics on levels of satisfaction among them. Design/methodology/approach: A questionnaire-based study was conducted in 648 academicians working in the Universities of Turkey. Data…
Descriptors: Research Assistants, Social Status, Marital Status, Job Satisfaction
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Reid, Ken – Quality Assurance in Education: An International Perspective, 2010
Purpose: Final year students attending British universities now complete an annual questionnaire to assess their views on their learning experiences of higher education (HE) from a variety of perspectives. They undertake this process as part of the National Student Survey (NSS). These data are then collated and an annual report with associated…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Higher Education, Student Surveys, Quality Control
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Meirovich, Gavriel; Romar, Edward J. – Quality Assurance in Education: An International Perspective, 2006
Purpose: The applicability of total quality management (TQM) to higher education instruction is controversial. The purpose of this paper is to help clarify the application of TQM to higher education instruction by identifying and analyzing the dual roles played by both students and instructors. The authors also offer an improvement to the…
Descriptors: Total Quality Management, College Instruction, Student Role, Teacher Role
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Jackson, Michael – Quality Assurance in Education: An International Perspective, 2006
Purpose: The argument is that good and bad teaching are asymmetrical. Eradicating what is readily thought of as bad teaching does not leave behind the purse gold of good teaching. Good teaching is that which promotes student learning. The purpose of this paper is to explore the relationship between bad teaching and good teaching in graduate…
Descriptors: Higher Education, College Graduates, Foreign Countries, Teaching Methods
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Watty, Kim – Quality Assurance in Education: An International Perspective, 2005
Purpose: To provide a view of quality in accounting education from the perspective of a critical stakeholder group--academic accountants. The identification of this view adds to the growing discussions around quality, and how it is assured in higher education. Design/methodology/approach: Applying a framework for defining quality in higher…
Descriptors: Accounting, Business Administration Education, Educational Quality, Higher Education