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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
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Chen, Chung-Yang; Chang, Huiju; Hsu, Wen-Chin; Sheen, Gwo-Ji – Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 2017
This paper proposes a training model for raters, with the goal to improve the intra- and inter-consistency of evaluation quality for higher education curricula. The model, termed the learning, behaviour and reaction (LBR) circular training model, is an interdisciplinary application from the business and organisational training domain. The…
Descriptors: Training, Models, Evaluation Methods, Quality Control
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Davis, Monica; Fifolt, Matthew – Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, 2018
Change initiatives in higher education are frequently guided by an institutional change management program which provides employees with a framework and set of skills to better understand problems and facilitate change at the organisational level. In this paper, we explore employee perceptions of Six Sigma as a tool for facilitating change at one…
Descriptors: Universities, Faculty Development, Professional Continuing Education, Statistical Analysis
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Basar, Gulsun; Altinay, Zehra; Dagli, Gokmen; Altinay, Fahriye – Journal of Education and Learning, 2016
This study involves the assessment of the quality management models in Higher Education by explaining the importance of quality in higher education and by examining the higher education quality assurance system practices in other countries. The qualitative study was carried out with the members of the Higher Education Planning, Evaluation,…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Educational Quality, Quality Assurance, Models
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Sridharan, Bhavani; Leitch, Shona; Watty, Kim – Quality in Higher Education, 2015
This conceptual framework proposes a multi-level, multi-dimensional course alignment model to implement a contextualised constructive alignment of rubric design that authentically evidences and assesses learning outcomes. By embedding quality control mechanisms at each level for each dimension, this model facilitates the development of an aligned…
Descriptors: Alignment (Education), Quality Control, Scoring Rubrics, Higher Education
Australian Government Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency, 2015
The Australian Government Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency's (TEQSA's) role is to assure that quality standards are being met by all registered higher education providers. This paper explains how TEQSA's risk-based approach to assuring higher education standards is applied in broad terms to a diverse sector. This explanation is…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Quality Assurance, Higher Education, Diversity (Institutional)
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Gardner, Joel; Bennett, Patrick A.; Hyatt, Niccole; Stoker, Kevin – Online Journal of Distance Learning Administration, 2017
Higher education is undergoing great changes that require universities to adapt quickly, and making these changes can be difficult. One discipline that can aid in executing change is project management, which has developed a set of clear processes and strategies for completing initiatives quickly and effectively. Several authors have identified…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Instructional Design, Case Studies, Student Projects
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Lu, Xingjiang; Yao, Chen; Zheng, Jianmin – International Journal of Higher Education, 2013
This paper focuses on the training of undergraduate students' innovation ability. On top of the theoretical framework of the Quality Function Deployment (QFD), we propose a teaching quality management model. Based on this model, we establish a multilevel decomposition indicator system, which integrates innovation ability characterized by four…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Business Administration Education, Quality Control, Innovation
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Matorera, D.; Fraser, W. J. – South African Journal of Education, 2016
Business schools are globally often seen as structured, purpose-driven, multi-sector and multi-perspective organisations. This article is based on the response of a graduate school to an innovative industrial Quality Function Deployment-based model (QFD), which was to be adopted initially in a Master's degree programme for quality assurance…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Qualitative Research, Interviews, College Faculty
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Massy, William F.; Sullivan, Teresa A.; Mackie, Christopher – Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning, 2013
Higher education is a critical element of the American economy, because of both its benefits and its costs to individuals and taxpayers. Yet we know very little about the relationships between the things colleges and universities do and the resources they need to do them. Currently, shrinking public support and increasing tuition make it urgent…
Descriptors: Measurement, Productivity, Higher Education, Costs
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Le, Anh T. – New Directions for Community Colleges, 2013
Since 1986, with the creation of the Renovation ("Doi moi") policy, Vietnam has demonstrated a strong commitment to the improvement of its higher education system. After 25 years of opening its doors to the global educational environment, Vietnam has achieved some notable accomplishments. The country's higher educational system has…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Educational Environment, Quality Control, Foreign Countries
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Skolnik, Michael L. – Higher Education Management and Policy, 2010
The procedures commonly employed for quality assurance in higher education are designed as if the endeavour were a technical process, whereas it may be more useful to view it as a political process. For example, quality assurance requires making choices among competing conceptions of quality, and in so doing privileges some interests over others.…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Educational Quality, Quality Control, Political Influences
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Filippakou, Ourania; Tapper, Ted – Higher Education Policy, 2010
This article adopts a theoretical approach to analyse the evolution of the quality agenda in English higher education. Using the concept of reification, it shows how the quasi-state has attempted to build a "natural" understanding of the idea of quality. However, the policy implementation process has demonstrated the fragility of the…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Interests, Quality Control, Foreign Countries
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Gopinathan, S.; Lee, Michael H. – Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, 2011
Since its independence in 1965, Singapore has adopted a developmental state orientation and has placed a strong emphasis on education to meet its socio-economic development needs. In line with its aspirations to be a regional education hub, the Singapore higher education system hosts a number of prestigious institutions and international…
Descriptors: Economic Development, Higher Education, Research and Development, Quality Control
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Kinser, Kevin – New Directions for Higher Education, 2011
Multinational colleges and universities pose numerous challenges to the traditional models of quality assurance that are designed to validate domestic higher education. When institutions cross international borders, at least two quality assurance protocols are involved. To guard against fraud and abuse, quality assurance in the host country is…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Quality Control, Quality Assurance, Models
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