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Costley, Carol – Quality in Higher Education, 2013
The article examines the status and knowledge contributions of professional doctorates (PDs) undertaken by practising professionals who in most cases are not intending to join the academic community. The purpose of these doctorates is usually to research and develop an original contribution to practice through practitioner-research. Giving greater…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Quality Control, Curriculum Development, Ethics
Rosa, Maria J.; Sarrico, Claudia S.; Amaral, Alberto – Quality in Higher Education, 2012
The accountability versus improvement debate is an old one. Although being traditionally considered dichotomous purposes of higher education quality assessment, some authors defend the need of balancing both in quality assessment systems. This article goes a step further and contends that not only they should be balanced but also that other…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Quality Control, Educational Quality, Accountability
Stamelos, George; Kavasakalis, Aggelos – Quality in Higher Education, 2011
Over the last 10 years, the regular functioning of Greek universities has been disrupted several times due to various reforming governmental efforts by major Greek political parties. Actors inside (academics, students) and outside (policy-makers and analysts, experts, journalists) university resist the implementation of certain European education…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Quality Control, Interviews, Public Policy
Lillis, Deirdre – Quality in Higher Education, 2012
Higher education institutions worldwide invest significant resources in their quality assurance systems. Little empirical evidence exists that demonstrates the effectiveness (or otherwise) of these systems. Methodological approaches for determining effectiveness are also underdeveloped. Self-study-with-peer-review is a widely used model for…
Descriptors: Evidence, Higher Education, Quality Control, Program Effectiveness
Singh, Mala – Quality in Higher Education, 2010
The paper is a reflection on the pasts and futures of quality assurance in higher education. It poses questions about the correlation between the geographical and political spread of quality assurance on the one hand and the resulting educational benefits on the other; about the divergences between critics and practitioners on the likely impacts…
Descriptors: Educational Benefits, Quality Control, Evaluation Methods, Educational Quality
Brink, Chris – Quality in Higher Education, 2010
This paper discusses three central issues relating to quality and standards: clarity, comparability and responsibility. The issue of clarity is that we have reached a point of disjunction between the questions being asked by the public and the answers being provided by quality assurance professionals. The issue of comparability comes in two forms:…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Quality Control, Comparative Analysis, School Community Relationship
Rawazik, Wessen; Carroll, Martin – Quality in Higher Education, 2009
The Knowledge and Human Development Authority in Dubai has developed an innovative system of quality assurance designed to ensure that the appropriate international standards are being maintained through this cross-border method of delivery. This paper describes and provides the strategic rationale for this new model of "validation" and…
Descriptors: Quality Control, Educational Quality, Case Studies, Foreign Countries
Stensaker, Bjorn – Quality in Higher Education, 2008
A common characteristic in many quality assurance schemes around the world is their implicit and often narrowly formulated understanding of how organisational change is to take place as a result of the process. By identifying some of the underlying assumptions related to organisational change in current quality assurance schemes, the aim of this…
Descriptors: Quality Control, Educational Quality, Higher Education, Organizational Change
Quinn, Lynn; Boughey, Chrissie – Quality in Higher Education, 2009
Since 1994, the South African higher education system, fragmented and divided along racial lines during the years of apartheid, has been subject to a wide range of initiatives directed at bringing about the "transformation" necessary for a more equitable dispensation and, ultimately, a new social order. One of the "levers"…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Racial Segregation, Quality Control, Foreign Countries
Van Kemenade, Everard; Hardjono, Teun W. – Quality in Higher Education, 2010
Self-evaluation is supposed to be a valid, reliable and easy-to-use instrument to commit professionals to external quality assurance. The writing of a self-evaluation report is the first step in most higher education accreditation systems all over the world. Research on accreditation in the Netherlands and Flanders shows that professionals…
Descriptors: Quality Control, Program Effectiveness, Foreign Countries, Accreditation (Institutions)
Van Kemenade, Everard; Pupius, Mike; Hardjono, Teun W. – Quality in Higher Education, 2008
There are lots of definitions of quality, and also of quality in education. Garvin (1984) discerns five approaches: the transcendental approach, the product-oriented approach, the customer-oriented approach, the manufacturing-oriented approach and the value-for-money approach. Harvey and Green (1993) give five interrelated concepts of quality as:…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Educational Quality, Values, Quality Control
Rodgers, Timothy – Quality in Higher Education, 2008
The desire to enhance the quality of the services provided by higher education institutions in the UK has led to the development of a series of benchmarking performance indicators to aid the quality management process. This paper examines whether or not similar indicators could be developed for use as tools in the management of quality within…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Educational Quality, Foreign Countries, Benchmarking
Bazargan, Abbas – Quality in Higher Education, 2007
In order to develop capacity to link knowledge to economic growth in developing countries, there is an urgent need to make quality the major element of higher education systems. In Iran, a developing country, such a need was felt a decade ago in the academic community. Based on research projects conducted, a model that combines collegial…
Descriptors: Economic Progress, Higher Education, Foreign Countries, Developing Nations
Gift, Sandra Ingrid; Bell-Hutchinson, Camille – Quality in Higher Education, 2007
This paper critically examines the outcomes of quality assurance programme reviews on the three campuses of the University of the West Indies (UWI) with an emphasis on the factors that impact upon the quality of students' learning experiences. In establishing the context of the discussion, the authors describe the quality assurance system of the…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Quality Control, Foreign Countries, Educational Quality
Gynnild, Vidar – Quality in Higher Education, 2007
This article examines an external evaluation of the quality assurance system at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) conducted by The Norwegian Agency for Quality Assurance in Higher Education (NOKUT). The external audit report along with internal reports provided by the seven faculties of the university served as the major…
Descriptors: Quality Control, Foreign Countries, Case Studies, Educational Quality
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