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Dada, M. S.; Imam, Hauwa – African Higher Education Review, 2015
This study analysed accreditation exercises of universities undergraduate programs in Nigeria from 2001-2013. Accreditation is a quality assurance mechanism to ensure that undergraduate programs offered in Nigeria satisfies benchmark minimum academic standards for producing graduates with requisite skills for employability. The study adopted the…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Undergraduate Study, Universities, College Programs
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Stoten, David William – Quality Assurance in Education: An International Perspective, 2012
Purpose: This paper aims to focus on the changing nature of quality assurance systems within the sixth form college sector. Design/methodology/approach: Ten sixth form colleges were surveyed across England and staff from varying levels within college hierarchies questioned about how quality assurance systems were implemented. Research involved…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Quality Control, Foreign Countries, Quality Assurance
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Booth, Eric A.; Capraro, Mary Margaret; Capraro, Robert M.; Chaudhuri, Nandita; Dyer, James; Marchbanks, Miner P., III – Journal of Developmental Education, 2014
This article provides insights from a 2-year, cross-site evaluation of state funded developmental education sites and serves as a focus article for response by those sites. Receiving grants from the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB), nine sites (5 community colleges and 4 universities) implemented innovative developmental education…
Descriptors: Educational Innovation, Models, Developmental Programs, Public Policy
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Drame, Elizabeth R. – Remedial and Special Education, 2011
Over the past 10 years increasing numbers of charter schools have been considered a viable option for many students seeking to obtain a quality education. Public charter schools and their administrators and teachers are obligated to follow the principles enshrined in federal mandates, such as the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Disabilities, Educational Quality, Content Analysis
Mateso, Peter E. E. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The purpose of this concurrent triangulation mixed methods study was to understand the status of succession planning and management (SPM) efforts of the subject university as perceived by the fulltime academic and fulltime administrative staff. Four research questions guided this study: (1) how do fulltime academic staff and fulltime…
Descriptors: Promotion (Occupational), Organizational Culture, Interviews, Program Effectiveness
Su, Mingni – ProQuest LLC, 2009
This study explores two specific cases of institutional mergers in the field of higher education. The two cases took place in China in the 1990s. One of the cases might be labeled a vertical merger and the other a horizontal merger. The former simply implies a merger between higher education institutions with equal status and the same level of…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Case Studies, Foreign Countries, Organizational Change
Grifoll, Josep; Huertas, Esther; Prades, Anna; Rodriguez, Sebastian; Rubin, Yuri; Mulder, Fred; Ossiannilsson, Ebba – ENQA (European Association for Quality Assurance in Higher Education), 2010
E-learning in the European Higher Education Area has stampeded its way to the foreground of the Quality Assurance (QA) forum, and has become a key issue among quality assurance agencies and institutions in the European Higher Education Area (EHEA). Because internet-based learning is currently such a relevant topic, there is a dire need for the…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Quality Control, Stakeholders, Guidelines