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Pehlivan, Davut; Cicek, Kadir – Quality in Higher Education, 2021
A quality management system is an essential and mandatory instrument for maritime higher education institutions mandated by the International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification, and Watchkeeping for Seafarers. To design an effective quality management system, it is strongly recommended to take the most comprehensive model of the…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Educational Quality, College Administration, Marine Education
McGrath, Cecile Hoareau; Hofman, Joanna; Bajziková, Lubica; Harte, Emma; Lasakova, Anna; Pankowska, Paulina; Sasso, S.; Belanger, Julie; Florea, S.; Krivogra, J. – RAND Europe, 2016
At a time when more students than ever are attending higher education, its provision is becoming more fluid, global and competitive. For example, developments in new technologies mean that higher education institutions (HEIs) can make their courses available all over the world. These developments bring into question the traditional delivery model…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Governance, Educational Innovation, Online Surveys
Bradie, Christopher A. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Researchers have noted the limited amount of scholarly explorations of the practice of outsourcing administrative services in higher education. This dissertation seeks to add to the body of literature pertaining to the subject by examining the experiences of three universities that grappled with the decision. Using a qualitative approach and a…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Universities, Qualitative Research, Case Studies
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Frank, Andrea; Kurth, Detlef; Mironowicz, Izabela – Quality in Higher Education, 2012
Over the last two decades, considerable progress has been made in establishing and implementing robust, comparable quality assurance processes throughout much of the European higher education sector. However, concerns persist over degree portability and recognition as current systems are rooted in national contexts. In particular, specialised…
Descriptors: Educational Quality, Quality Control, Foreign Countries, Quality Assurance
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Wittemann, K. Joseph – Journal of Dental Education, 1990
Since 1987, the Virginia Commonwealth University School of Dentistry has established a system of committee responsibilities for quality assurance, involving the committees for clinical affairs, academic performance, safety and therapeutics, and a council composed largely of department chairs. Additional review of procedures and records management…
Descriptors: Case Studies, College Administration, Committees, Dental Schools
Reese, Larry D.; Parmenter, Vernon F. – Business Officer, 1994
An effort to enhance quality and efficiency at the University of Florida was designed to produce quick results without involving many employees and focused on the accounts payable department. Flowcharting identified inefficiencies and pinpointed opportunities for improvement in labor-intensive processes, mailings, check registers, reports,…
Descriptors: Case Studies, College Administration, Data Processing, Efficiency
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Entin, David H. – Change, 1993
The initial implementation of the Total Quality Management approach by 10 Boston-area (Massachusetts) institutions is summarized. The institutions include Babson College, Bentley College, Boston College, Boston University, Lesley College, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Tufts University, University of Massachusetts at Boston, Wentworth…
Descriptors: Case Studies, College Administration, Educational Quality, Higher Education
Bell, Howard W., Jr.; Hanseman, Nancy J. – Business Officer, 1994
An organizational development and quality enhancement effort at the University of Cincinnati (Ohio) incorporating characteristics of several popular quality management systems has produced unanticipated benefits in the administrative services and information technologies division: downsizing was less drastic than anticipated; innovative financing…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Case Studies, College Administration, Higher Education
Grassmuck, Karen – Chronicle of Higher Education, 1990
Although Columbia University's economic plight is familiar, debate over administrative and academic cutbacks is fiercer than most because of its history, decentralized administration, and unique problems of its Manhattan location. Relationships between faculty and administration have become strained as programs have been reduced, consolidated, or…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Case Studies, College Administration, College Faculty
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Seymour, Daniel – Change, 1993
Three university programs of continuous quality improvement, based on the Total Quality Management approach, are described. The institutions are the Georgia Institute of Technology; Pennsylvania State University; and University of Maryland at College Park. The report attempts to look beyond the mechanics of the programs to discover what is being…
Descriptors: Case Studies, College Administration, Educational Quality, Higher Education
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Wasson, Dale – College and University, 1993
The Georgia Southern University admissions office implemented Total Quality Management (TQM) principles to control the quality of information management. It is suggested that, although TQM is used best on an institutionwide basis, it can also be useful in improving quality, reducing cost, increasing productivity, and achieving competitiveness on a…
Descriptors: Case Studies, College Administration, College Admission, Higher Education
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Arnold, J. David; Harman, John; VanderBilt, Deborah L. – Planning for Higher Education, 1999
Responding to a budget deficit, St. John Fisher College (New York) used quality-management tools to address critical budget issues and initiate a strategic program. Because the process used consensus-building tools, committee members felt they had been given equal input into resource allocation decisions and the process provided a sense of shared…
Descriptors: Case Studies, College Administration, College Planning, Financial Problems
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Newton, J. – South African Journal of Higher Education, 2000
Reports on a five-year ethnographic, longitudinal study of a British higher education college during a process of change in quality assurance. Identifies tensions experienced during the process and stresses the influence of context, the unpredictability of change, and the lack of simple prescriptions for managing change projects. (DB)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Change Strategies, College Administration, Ethnography
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Meade, Phil – Quality in Higher Education, 1995
Outlines strategies used by one Australian university for systematic quality improvement, including development of a quality management plan, devolution of responsibility for quality advancement to faculties and schools, and improving documentation of quality-assurance procedures and outcomes. Topics discussed include leadership, committees,…
Descriptors: Case Studies, College Administration, College Outcomes Assessment, Educational Quality
Richardson, Richard C., Jr.; Wolverton, Mimi – Journal of Tertiary Educational Administration, 1994
Evolution of "quality" in higher education as an institutional concept is traced, and differences between approaches at the institutional and state levels are explored. Contrasting approaches in Florida and Illinois are examined, particularly in the case of Miami-Dade Community College (Florida). Contribution of the different approaches…
Descriptors: Case Studies, College Administration, Community Colleges, Comparative Analysis
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