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Institutional Isomorphism, Entrepreneurship and Effectiveness: The Adoption and Implementation of Quality Management in Teaching and Learning in Germany
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Seyfried, Markus; Ansmann, Moritz; Pohlenz, Philipp – Tertiary Education and Management, 2019
This paper presents empirical evidence on the adoption, implementation and the perceived effectiveness of quality management in teaching and learning in German higher education institutions. Theoretically, the article combines two new institutionalist approaches: institutional isomorphism and institutional entrepreneurship. Empirically, the study…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Entrepreneurship, Adoption (Ideas)
Running around in Circles: Quality Assurance Reforms in Georgia
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Jibladze, Elene – Quality in Higher Education, 2013
This article investigates the implementation of a quality assurance system in Georgia as a particular case of "Bologna transplant" in a transitioning country. In particular, the article discusses to what extent new concepts, institutions and models framed as "European" have been institutionalised in Georgia. Based on an outcome…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Quality Assurance, Educational Quality, Educational Change
Tablet Personal Computer Integration in Higher Education: Applying the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use Technology Model to Understand Supporting Factors
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Moran, Mark; Hawkes, Mark; El Gayar, Omar – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2010
Many educational institutions have implemented ubiquitous or required laptop, notebook, or tablet personal computing programs for their students. Yet, limited evidence exists to validate integration and acceptance of the technology among student populations. This research examines student acceptance of mobile computing devices using a modification…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Computer Uses in Education, Adoption (Ideas), Technology Integration
The Tortoise and the Hare Enigma in E-Transformation in Japanese and Korean Higher Education
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Latchem, Colin; Jung, Insung; Aoki, Kumiko; Ozkul, Ali Ekrem – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2008
Japan and Korea have highly developed information and communications technology infrastructures and have recently reformed their higher education systems and encouraged e-transformation. However, Japanese universities have not embraced e-learning as wholeheartedly as their Korean counterparts. The paper concludes that this is due to governmental…
Descriptors: Strategic Planning, Higher Education, Foreign Countries, Faculty Development
Effects of a Creative Studies Program on Structure-of-Intellect Factors
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Reese, Hayne W.; And Others – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1976
A 2-year sequence in creative problem solving for college students had no significant effect on memory or evaluation operations, but significantly improved divergent production, convergent production, and cognition. The data support a multidimensional analysis of creativity, involving idea finding, knowing, judging, and implementing ideas.…
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Cognitive Processes, Convergent Thinking, Creative Development
A New Development of University Entrance Examination in Japan.
Ikeda, Hiroshi – 1982
The latest important event in the history of educational testing in Japan was the establishment of the National Center for University Entrance Examination (NCUEE) in 1977. The entrance examination system consists of two stages. The first stage exam is the Joint Achievement Test (JAT) which is jointly administered by national and local public…
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), College Entrance Examinations, Educational Assessment, Educational Testing