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Direct linkSeyedeh Golafrooz Ramezani; Jani Ursin – Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 2024
In response to global competition in higher education, university rankings have been developed. These have been interpreted as indicating the regions and countries with the most prestigious and competitive higher education institutions. The rankings are viewed as important in many countries, but their role is ambiguous and contested in the Nordic…
Descriptors: Achievement Rating, Universities, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Download full textCalifornia Commission on Teacher Credentialing, 2024
This report presents a summary of the vast array of activities that comprised the 2023-2024 accreditation year for all Commission approved educator preparation programs. Currently, there are 252 Commission approved program sponsors offering 933 different and active educator preparation programs and many of those are offered through various…
Descriptors: Teacher Education, Accreditation (Institutions), Standards, Quality Assurance
Mohammad Ghulam Ali – Online Submission, 2025
This research article establishes the relationship between key performance indicators and the academic and research quality performance and assessment and quality assurance of any large multidisciplinary academic and research institution or university. The indicators in terms of qualitative and quantitative are being proposed below and are…
Descriptors: Research Universities, Reputation, Educational Quality, Educational Assessment
Christina Nygren-Landgärds; Lena B. Mårtensson; Riitta Pyykkö; John Olav Bjørnestad; Roald von Schoultz – European Journal of Higher Education, 2024
This study aimed to investigate common features and ways of understanding quality culture (QC) within higher education institutions (HEIs) in Nordic countries. While the concept of QC is commonly accepted and often used, its meaning is not always clear. This paper focuses on how Nordic universities frame QC in their internal documentation. The…
Descriptors: Universities, Educational Quality, Quality Assurance, Institutional Characteristics
Shinji Katsumoto; Nicholas A. Bowman; Nicole F. Tennessen – Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education Research, 2024
College and university rankings have received considerable attention throughout the world. To date, very little inquiry has examined the role of these rankings in shaping international student enrollment, which is surprising given many institutions' desire to recruit these students. The present study explores this issue by examining data from…
Descriptors: Educational Quality, Institutional Evaluation, Institutional Characteristics, Foreign Students
Laura Sierra-García; Nicolás Gambetta; Fernando Azcarate Llanes; María Antonia García Benau – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2024
Purpose: This paper aims to examine whether the position of universities in the times higher education (THE) impact rankings (IR) is related to the different dimensions of academic quality of universities according to the THE world universities ranking. Design/methodology/approach: The research, based on universities ranked in the top 100 of THE…
Descriptors: Educational Quality, Sustainable Development, Universities, Reputation
Bruce S. Rawlings; Helen Elizabeth Davis; Adote Anum; Oskar Burger; Lydia Chen; Juliet Carolina Castro Morales; Natalia Dutra; Ardain Dzabatou; Vivian Dzokoto; Alejandro Erut; Frankie T. K. Fong; Sabrina Ghelardi; Micah Goldwater; Gordon Ingram; Emily Messer; Jessica Kingsford; Sheina Lew-Levy; Kimberley Mendez; Morgan Newhouse; Mark Nielsen; Gairan Pamei; Sarah Pope-Caldwell; Karlos Ramos; Luis Emilio Echeverria Rojas; Renan A. C. dos Santos; Lara G. S. Silveira; Julia Watzek; Ciara Wirth; Cristine H. Legare – Developmental Science, 2024
Recent decades have seen a rapid acceleration in global participation in formal education, due to worldwide initiatives aimed to provide school access to all children. Research in high income countries has shown that school quality indicators have a significant, positive impact on numeracy and literacy--skills required to participate in the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Quality, School Effectiveness, Measurement
Yones Romiani; Maryam Sadat Ghoraishi Khorasgani; Saeid Norollahee – International Journal of Educational Management, 2024
Purpose: Nowadays, universities increasingly consider reputation as a key component for improving quality and rankings. A positive reputation opens doors to added value and diverse opportunities. This paper aims to explore Middle Eastern higher education managers' perceptions of university reputation components. Design/methodology/approach: Given…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Reputation, Institutional Characteristics, College Administration
Mikko Kohvakka; Arto Nevala – Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 2024
Studies of global university rankings often assume that rankings as Anglo-American policy scripts have an increasing influence resulting in a convergence of policies and practices, or that the ideas of rankings continue to diverge into national types. In this article, we take a middle ground by arguing that when an idea of ranking is grounded in a…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Institutional Evaluation, Foreign Countries, Universities
Kyle Grayson; J. Paul Grayson – Quality in Higher Education, 2024
Quality of universities is best viewed through the eyes of stakeholders. Yet, in the United Kingdom and elsewhere, rankings conducted by various agencies purport to provide one overall measure of university quality. This article re-examines some of the data used by university rankers. In so doing, it shows that their information can be repackaged…
Descriptors: Universities, Educational Quality, Reputation, Institutional Evaluation
Lin Xiao; Touchakorn Suwancharas; Narongwat Mingmit; Areeya Juichamlong – International Journal of Education and Literacy Studies, 2025
This study aimed to (1) examine the current status of education quality evaluation in Guangxi's application-oriented undergraduate universities, (2) develop an evaluation indicator system for the educational quality of application-oriented undergraduate colleges in Guangxi, and (3) examine the feasibility and adaptability of the evaluation…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Universities, Undergraduate Study, Competency Based Education
Soubhik Barari; Eric Newsom; Ji Eun Park; Susan M. Paddock – NORC at the University of Chicago, 2024
Prospective students and their families use college rankings to navigate their higher education options. Rising tuition and fees have made the college decision more fraught. Recently, the major college ranking providers have revised their methodologies to reflect costs and other considerations. These revisions raise important questions about the…
Descriptors: Construct Validity, Evaluation Methods, Educational Quality, Student Costs
John Hattie; Douglas Fisher; Nancy Frey; John Taylor Almarode – Corwin, 2024
It may seem obvious, but learning should never be implied or assumed. Learning must be explicit, evaluated and monitored; the impact of teaching on student learning should be visible. But how can we be sure? Armed with years of research that includes more than 2,100 meta-analyses, and 130,000 studies that include more than 300 million…
Descriptors: Evidence Based Practice, Data Collection, Data Use, Educational Quality
Siemens, Elizabeth – Alberta Journal of Educational Research, 2023
Small rural schools utilize multi-graded classes to maintain their viability. When the majority of classes are combined, the result is a multi-graded school. In Alberta alone, there are approximately 90 schools that would be defined as a multi-graded school, and every rural school board has at least one on its roster. In Alberta, students and…
Descriptors: Multigraded Classes, Rural Schools, Foreign Countries, Educational Quality
Sotiria Grek; Ian Russell – European Educational Research Journal, 2024
Applying qualitative methods, this paper examines the burgeoning of quality assurance databases, processes and networks of actors in the field of higher education in Europe. Our main argument is that there has been a move from the Bologna Process being the near singular focus for European-level coordination and harmonisation of higher education,…
Descriptors: Educational Quality, Higher Education, International Cooperation, Educational Cooperation
