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Hoare, Alana; Goad, Pamela – Quality Assurance in Education: An International Perspective, 2022
Purpose: Academics and administrators frequently lament the bureaucracy in higher education, which diverts attention from teaching and research. Heightened monitoring of institutions as a result of dominant neoliberal ideologies shapes perceptions of accreditation as a bureaucratic burden rather than a value-added tool for continuous quality…
Descriptors: Educational Quality, Accreditation (Institutions), Higher Education, Teacher Attitudes
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Tetteh, Godson A.; Amoako-Gyampah, Kwasi; Twumasi, Juliet – Quality Assurance in Education: An International Perspective, 2021
Purpose: The purpose of this study is to demonstrate in the context of quality assurance (QA), how stakeholders define quality education and its connections to maximize value for the stakeholder using a grounded theory approach. Design/methodology/approach: A four-stage research design using grounded theory methodology was used to develop and…
Descriptors: Grounded Theory, Case Studies, Educational Quality, Quality Assurance
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Istijanto – Quality Assurance in Education: An International Perspective, 2021
Purpose: This study aims to investigate the aspects of perceived quality differences that influence student satisfaction when the mode of learning is changed from the traditional classroom to online distance learning because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Design/methodology/approach: This study used an online survey for data collection by distributing…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, COVID-19, Pandemics, Student Satisfaction
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Sciarelli, Mauro; Gheith, Mohamed Hani; Tani, Mario – Quality Assurance in Education: An International Perspective, 2020
Purpose: This paper aims to investigate the effects of quality management practices (QMPs) on innovation in higher education (HE), and how organizational innovation (OI) may influence technical innovation. Design/methodology/approach: The hypotheses were tested with partial least squares structural equation modeling on a sample of 449 valid…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Public Colleges, College Faculty, College Administration
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Barandiaran-Galdos, Marta; Barrenetxea Ayesta, Miren; Cardona-Rodriguez, Antonio; del Campo, Juan Jose Mijangos; Olaskoaga-Larrauri, Jon – Quality Assurance in Education: An International Perspective, 2012
Purpose: This paper aims to present the opinions of teaching staff at Spanish universities regarding the relative importance of a number of quality factors, and perceived levels of development of those factors in the context of their work. Design/methodology/approach: The paper takes an empirical approach, with the opinions of teaching staff being…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Opinions, Foreign Countries, Teaching Methods
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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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Telford, Ronnie; Masson, Ron – Quality Assurance in Education: An International Perspective, 2005
Purpose: To investigate, in the context of university education, the relationship between the congruence of the quality values held by the students, the teaching staff and the university senior management and the level of student satisfaction. Design/methodology/approach: The research was carried out within a large Business School in a major UK…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Congruence (Psychology), Values, College Students