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Direct linkKinash, Shelley; Naidu, Vishen; Knight, Diana; Judd, Madelaine-Marie; Nair, Chenicheri Sid; Booth, Sara; Fleming, Julie; Santhanam, Elizabeth; Tucker, Beatrice; Tulloch, Marian – Quality Assurance in Education: An International Perspective, 2015
Purpose: The paper aims to disseminate solutions to common problems in student evaluation processes. It proposes that student evaluation can be applied to quality assurance and improving learning and teaching. The paper presents solutions in the areas of: presenting outcomes as performance indicators, constructing appropriate surveys, improving…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Student Attitudes, Teacher Effectiveness, Quality Assurance
Siswantoro, Dodik – Quality Assurance in Education: An International Perspective, 2015
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to investigate the perception and awareness of Islamic accounting of undergraduate accounting students at Universitas Indonesia. The Indonesian Institute of Accountants has an Islamic Accounting Certification and a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) test, meaning that the course's competency should satisfy both…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Islam, Accounting, Foreign Countries
Nair, Chenicheri Sid; Li, Jinrui; Cai, Li Kun – Quality Assurance in Education: An International Perspective, 2015
Purpose: This paper aims to explore academics' perspectives on the quality of appraisal evidence at a Chinese university. Design/methodology/approach: An online survey with both closed items and open-ended questions was distributed among all academics at the university (n = 1,538). A total of 512 responded to the questionnaire. The closed items…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Attitudes, Universities, Online Surveys
Study Expectations of Different Domiciled Postgraduate-Taught Students in a UK Post-1992-Institution
Morgan, Michelle – Quality Assurance in Education: An International Perspective, 2015
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to report the notable findings of students with different domiciled status. There is a lack of research and understanding of how prior study experiences and the expectations of new students that are due to embark on an MSc by coursework level (also known as postgraduate-taught [PGT]) can impact on their study…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Graduate Students, Academic Persistence, Higher Education
López, Daniel A.; Rojas, Maria J.; López, Boris A.; López, Daniel C. – Quality Assurance in Education: An International Perspective, 2015
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to conduct a quantitative analysis of the university accreditation processes in Chilean universities. The aim is to determine the effects of the different variables, especially the type of institutions (state- and privately owned, with and without state financial support) on the results obtained.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Quality Assurance, Statistical Analysis, Accreditation (Institutions)
Jabnoun, Naceur – Quality Assurance in Education: An International Perspective, 2015
Purpose: This paper aims to explore the influence of wealth, transparency and democracy on the number of universities per million people ranked among the top 300 and 500. The highly ranked universities in the world tend to be concentrated in a few countries. Design/Methodology/Approach: ANOVA was used to test the differences between the two groups…
Descriptors: Universities, Classification, Influences, Fiscal Capacity
Dean, Aftab; Gibbs, Paul – Quality Assurance in Education: An International Perspective, 2015
Purpose: This paper aims to investigate the purpose of the complex open system of higher education and to explore this transformative experience as personal flourishing, where students come to terms with a way of being, matching their potentiality with their agency and leading to profound happiness. There is influential, but not uncontested…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Student Attitudes, Student Experience, Life Satisfaction
Holmes, Monica C.; Jenicke, Lawrence O.; Hempel, Jessica L. – Quality Assurance in Education: An International Perspective, 2015
Purpose: This paper discusses the importance of the Six Sigma selection process, describes a Six Sigma project in a higher educational institution and presents a weighted scorecard approach for project selection. Design/Methodology/Approach: A case study of the Six Sigma approach being used to improve student support at a university computer help…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Quality Assurance, Measurement Techniques, Selection
Kärnä, Sami; Julin, Päivi – Quality Assurance in Education: An International Perspective, 2015
Purpose: The purpose of the study is to evaluate and discuss the extent of the satisfaction as perceived by the students and staff towards university facilities and services in two campuses in Finland. The aim is to analyse which facility-related factors have the greatest impacts on students' and staff's overall satisfaction.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Facilities, Satisfaction, College Students
Dumond, Ellen J.; Johnson, Thomas W. – Quality Assurance in Education: An International Perspective, 2013
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to provide insight into quality management for business education. The paper provides business schools and Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) with information about two different quality standards and suggests how the AACSB accreditation process might be strengthened--thereby…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Audits (Verification), Administrators, Educational Quality
Esyutina, Maria; Fearon, Colm; Leatherbarrow, Nicky – Quality Assurance in Education: An International Perspective, 2013
Purpose: The aim of the current article is to discuss the role of the Bologna process in enabling quality of educational change, internationalisation and greater mobility using an example case study of a Russian university. Some discussion is provided to offer insights and inform future research and practice. Design/methodology/approach: The…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Audits (Verification), International Cooperation, Educational Cooperation
Donleavy, Gabriel – Quality Assurance in Education: An International Perspective, 2012
Purpose: Graduate attributes are about to be policed by the Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency (TEQSA) in Australia. All universities proclaim them on their public web sites. The aim of this paper is to determine whether distinct patterns or clusters are apparent in the declared graduate attributes declared by Australian universities…
Descriptors: Employer Attitudes, Foreign Countries, Content Analysis, Web Sites
Jabnoun, Naceur – Quality Assurance in Education: An International Perspective, 2009
Purpose: The ranking of top universities in the world has generated increased interest in the factors that enhance university performance. The purpose of this paper is to identify economic and cultural factors that affect the number of top ranking universities in each country. Design/methodology/approach: This paper first identifies the number of…
Descriptors: Universities, Classification, Institutional Characteristics, Surveys
Gamage, David T.; Suwanabroma, Jaratdao; Ueyama, Takeyuki; Hada, Sekio; Sekikawa, Etsuo – Quality Assurance in Education: An International Perspective, 2008
Purpose: The purpose of the paper is to ascertain students' perceptions on quality of services provided by private universities in Thailand and Japan and how these affected decisions selecting a university. A comparative study aims to focus on how cultural and economic factors affected their decisions. Design/methodology/approach: Research design…
Descriptors: Research Design, Student Attitudes, Universities, Private Colleges
Chen, Ching-Yaw; Sok, Phyra; Sok, Keomony – Quality Assurance in Education: An International Perspective, 2007
Purpose: To study the quality in higher education in Cambodia and explore the potential factors leading to quality in Cambodian higher education. Design/methodology/approach: Five main factors that were deemed relevant in providing quality in Cambodian higher education were proposed: academic curriculum and extra-curricular activities, teachers'…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Cambodians, Universities, Private Colleges
