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Buglear, John – Quality in Higher Education, 2011
Following the dismissal of a Canadian professor over disputed grading practices, Hill produced his triangle model of competing interests of academics, administrators and students. In the UK, academic freedom in relation to grading is increasingly constrained reflecting more assertive institutional management supervising over-burdened academic…
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, Institutional Administration, Grading, College Faculty
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Woodfield, Steve; Fielden, John; Middlehurst, Robin – Perspectives: Policy and Practice in Higher Education, 2011
Higher education systems worldwide are currently facing a trio of competing challenges: increasing access and absorbing demand; promoting and safeguarding quality; and reducing and minimising costs to students, taxpayers and other investors. The growth of private (profit and not-for-profit) educational provision worldwide, in addition to other…
Descriptors: Evidence, Higher Education, Institutional Administration, Quality Control
Lafon, Valerie, Ed. – OECD Publishing (NJ1), 2008
"IMHE-Info" is the newsletter published by the Institutional Management in Higher Education (IMHE) programme of OECD. This issue includes: (1) Tertiary Education for the Knowledge Society; (2) The Assessment of Higher Education Learning Outcomes (AHELO); and (3) City-Regions in Focus. Publications of interest, IMHE News, and a calendar…
Descriptors: Governance, Educational Quality, Strategic Planning, Institutional Administration
Lafon, Valerie, Ed. – OECD Publishing (NJ1), 2006
IMHE-Info is the newsletter published by the Institutional Management in Higher Education (IMHE) programme. This issue includes: Higher Education: Quality, Equity and Efficiency. IMHE News, publications of interest and upcoming events are included.
Descriptors: Higher Education, Institutional Administration, Foreign Countries, Educational Quality
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Masters, Robert J.; Leiker, Linda – CUPA Journal, 1992
This article presents guidelines to aid administrators of institutions of higher education in applying the 14 principles of Total Quality Management. The principles stress understanding process improvements, handling variation, fostering prediction, and using psychology to capitalize on human resources. (DB)
Descriptors: Administration, College Administration, Higher Education, Institutional Administration
Schmidt, Warren H.; Finnigan, Jerome P. – 1992
This book offers a guide to implementing Total Quality Management (TQM) in public and private organizations based on interviews and site visits with 12 award-winning companies. Part 1 provides an overview of TQM, attempts to put the Quality Revolution into perspective, and suggests diagnostic questions to determine whether TQM is appropriate for a…
Descriptors: Awards, Higher Education, Institutional Administration, Institutional Characteristics
Faulkner, Jane B. – 2002
Institutional accreditation is a voluntary, non-governmental activity administered by the eight postsecondary accrediting institutions that are part of the six regional associations that serve colleges and universities in the United States. The author cites W. Edwards Deming's work on corporate quality improvement, and its applicability to…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Community Colleges, Educational Research, Institutional Administration
Glassman, Deborah, Ed. – OECD Publishing (NJ1), 2002
IMHE-Info is the newsletter published by the Institutional Management in Higher Education (IMHE) programme. This issue includes: (1) Internationalisation Quality Review (IQR); and (2) What do Students Expect? How do HEIs Respond? IMHE News, publications of interest and upcoming events are included.
Descriptors: Higher Education, Institutional Administration, Foreign Countries, Educational Quality
Lindsay, Alan – 1994
In Australia the Federal Government plays a dominant role in higher education funding. Changes to the role and structure of the higher education system in 1988 aligned the universities more closely with national economic goals and sent the message to institutions that they were expected to adopt a more managerial mode of operation in order to…
Descriptors: College Outcomes Assessment, Economic Factors, Educational Finance, Federal Government