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Aas, Gro Hanne; Askling, Berit; Dittrich, Karl; Froestad, Wenche; Haug, Peder; Lycke, Kirsten Hofgaard; Moitus, Sirpa; Pyykko, Riitta; Sorskar, Anne Karine – ENQA (European Association for Quality Assurance in Higher Education), 2009
This report is a product of an European Association for Quality Assurance in Higher Education (ENQA) Workshop "Assessing educational quality: Knowledge production and the role of experts" hosted by the Norwegian Agency for Quality Assurance in Education (NOKUT) in Oslo in February, 2008. The workshop gathered representatives from higher…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Educational Quality, Quality Control, Workshops
Currie, Jan – International Education Journal: Comparative Perspectives, 2008
This article introduces the issue of articles on research assessments and rankings. It focuses on the British Research Assessment Exercises (RAEs) and New Zealand's Performance Based Research Fund (PBRF). It contrasts these with systems that are not tied to funding formulas and emphasise quality enhancement rather than quality assurance. It…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Criteria, Measurement
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Burke, Joseph C. – New Directions for Institutional Research, 1998
Eight common objections to performance funding of public colleges are presented and answered. The arguments focus on the complexity of higher education's goals, diversity of institution type, subjectivity of educational quality, relative power of the allocation amounts linked to performance measures, politics of resource allocation, cost of…
Descriptors: Accountability, Costs, Diversity (Institutional), Educational Objectives
Nedwek, Brian P.; Neal, John E. – 1993
This study developed a classification scheme to critically compare performance assessment projects at higher education universities in North America and Europe. Performance indicators and assessment initiatives were compared using nine basic dimensions: (1) locus of control, (2) degree of governmental involvement, (3) focus of performance…
Descriptors: Classification, College Outcomes Assessment, Comparative Analysis, Educational Trends
Simpkins, Alice M. – 1993
Paine College, a four-year liberal arts institution in Augusta, Georgia, serving mostly black students recently completed an assessment and evaluation plan aimed at all units of the college. The plan was developed by members of the Committee on Institutional Effectiveness and Research over 12 months and focuses on the school's primary mission to…
Descriptors: Black Colleges, College Outcomes Assessment, Educational Assessment, Evaluation Methods
Torbert, William R. – Human Systems Management, 1981
After a brief introduction offering three reasons people and institutions hesitate to commit themselves to a continuing process of "self-study-in-action," four types of administrative leadership activities are distinguished, those that: (1) respond to external emergencies/opportunities, (2) accomplish role-defined tasks, (3) define and…
Descriptors: Business Administration, Change Strategies, Demonstration Programs, Educational Change
Whiteley, Meredith A., Ed.; And Others – 1992
This book presents 11 papers which consider the central issues, methods, and resources for work in institutional research in higher education. The primer uses the idea of a "cookbook" or "manual" for its conceptualization, organization, and format. The chapter topics focus on what are expected to be the key issues facing…
Descriptors: Academic Education, College Faculty, Cost Effectiveness, Diversity (Student)
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Rau, William; Leonard, Wilbert M., II – American Sociologist, 1990
Analyzes 60 sociology doctoral programs from 1975 through 1980. Measures per capita and gross productivity of each department. Shows that conventional assessment measures contain deficiencies. Documents a tendency for conflict between productivity and graduate education. Includes recommendations for future assessments that would measure not only…
Descriptors: Doctoral Programs, Educational Assessment, Educational Quality, Evaluation Research
Ronco, Sharron L.; Brown, Stephanie G. – 2000
This paper describes a program to measure institutional effectiveness that involved development of an inventory checklist designed to stimulate faculty input on how student performance-related outcomes are measured and to evaluate current program effectiveness. The checklist, designed to be administered in an interview format, focused on three…
Descriptors: College Outcomes Assessment, Course Evaluation, Evaluation Methods, Faculty College Relationship