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Cheng, Eric C. K. – Educational Research for Policy and Practice, 2011
This article aims to examine the predictive relationships of self-evaluation capacity and staff competency on the effect of strategic planning in aided secondary schools in Hong Kong. A quantitative questionnaire survey was compiled to collect data from principals of the participating schools. Confirmatory factor analysis and reliability tests…
Descriptors: Strategic Planning, Secondary Schools, Student Attitudes, Quality Control
Attard, Angele; Di Iorio, Emma; Geven, Koen; Santa, Robert – European Students' Union (NJ1), 2010
This Toolkit forms part of the project entitled "Time for a New Paradigm in Education: Student-Centred Learning" (T4SCL), jointly led by the European Students' Union (ESU) and Education International (EI). This is an EU-funded project under the Lifelong Learning Programme (LLP) administered by the Education, Audiovisual and Culture…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, Foreign Countries, Educational Change
Association of Universities in the Netherlands. – 1993
This protocol explains the new system for assessing research quality at research universities located in the Netherlands. It discusses the legal and historical background for establishing a new system of quality determination in research, describes the essential aspects of the research assessment process and the particular tasks of…
Descriptors: Committees, Documentation, Evaluation Methods, Foreign Countries
Higher Education Funding Council for Wales, Cardiff. – 2003
This document and a companion National Report are the results of a study of the management of catering services in higher education by the United Kingdom Value for Money Steering Group. The national report identifies key management issues for the senior management team in developing a review of catering services, to ensure that they are effective…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Food Service, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Lindsay, Alan – Journal of Tertiary Educational Administration, 1994
A discussion of Australian higher education looks at the nature of quality and its assessment in higher education, particularly in the context of a new national committee on quality assurance. It examines the compatibility of quality management strategies with existing institutional decision-making and management processes. (MSE)
Descriptors: College Administration, Educational Quality, Federal Regulation, Foreign Countries
O'Neil, Robert M. – Journal of Tertiary Educational Administration, 1994
Movements toward quality assurance in Australian and U.S. higher education systems are compared and found largely similar. One element, oversight of the federal government in this process, is seen as the principal difference. A national quality assurance effort is in place in Australia, but not in the United States. (MSE)
Descriptors: College Administration, Comparative Education, Educational Assessment, Educational Quality
Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Education, 2008
This guide to self-evaluation and improvement builds upon the advice given in the publication "A Guide to Evaluating Services for Children and Young People Using Quality Indicators" (HMIE, 2006) (A summary of the quality indicators is reproduced in Appendix I). Local authorities, agencies and professionals who have responsibilities for…
Descriptors: Health Services, Child Welfare, Social Work, Young Adults

Lajes, Maria Alcina Almeida – Higher Education Management, 1995
A discussion of quality assurance in Portuguese universities looks at the environment of expanding enrollments and new laws concerning program quality. It is proposed that evaluation should be informative, exhaustive, and concise, and should involve cooperation between evaluators both internal and external to the institution. (MSE)
Descriptors: College Administration, Educational Quality, Evaluation Methods, Foreign Countries

Wilson, Brian – Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, 1996
The nature and effects of Australian efforts to create and maintain quality higher education are examined, focusing on specific government initiatives and on international trends and influences. It is suggested that even the best quality assurance processes do not guarantee good results, and that quality is a complex phenomenon depending on an…
Descriptors: College Administration, Educational Quality, Educational Trends, Foreign Countries

Meade, Phil – Higher Education Management, 1995
Strategies used by Griffith University (Australia) to control quality, in response to increasing external pressure for accountability, are outlined. The central strategy involves devolving responsibility to faculties and schools, who must develop plans for quality control within their own academic cultures. Barriers to implementation, including…
Descriptors: Accountability, College Administration, Departments, Educational Quality
Golding, Barry – Journal of Tertiary Educational Administration, 1995
This discussion of Australian student transfer into technical and further education institutions from previous institutions of higher education looks at the nature of this migration and the implications of reciprocity between sectors. Better provision of information to students, articulation for credit transfer, and research on student migration…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), College Administration, College Credits, Educational Quality

Vroeijenstijn, Ton I. – Higher Education Research and Development, 1990
In response to changing government philosophy concerning higher education, including increased institutional autonomy alongside greater pressure for accountability and internal renewal, Dutch universities have developed a system for external quality assessment under the aegis of the Association of Dutch Universities. Its evolution and results to…
Descriptors: Accountability, College Administration, College Outcomes Assessment, Educational Quality

Garcia, Pedro; And Others – Higher Education Management, 1995
A recently implemented program of institutional evaluation in Spanish universities, designed with the intention of improving the quality of teaching, research, and administration, is discussed. Objectives and mechanisms for assessment in each of these areas are detailed. (MSE)
Descriptors: College Administration, Educational Quality, Evaluation Methods, Experimental Programs

Maassen, Peter A. M. – New Directions for Institutional Research, 1998
The Dutch quality improvement model in higher education has successfully maintained the delicate balance between internal improvement and external accountability, but the faculty's clear ownership of the system (as contrasted with government ownership in some nations) has made continuous quality improvement a dominant feature of the current Dutch…
Descriptors: Accountability, College Administration, College Faculty, College Outcomes Assessment

Zijderveld, Diederick C. – Higher Education Management, 1997
Describes the system of external institutional evaluation in Netherlands universities, distinguishing between the organizations conducting the assessment itself and the follow-up. The primary assessing organization is a private one, funded and governed by the 14 universities, and uses discipline-based assessment teams. The follow-up assessment is…
Descriptors: Accountability, Agency Role, College Administration, College Outcomes Assessment