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Direct linkChristian Bokhove; John Jerrim; Sam Sims – British Educational Research Journal, 2024
In England, a substantial proportion of school inspections are conducted by current school leaders. This may lead to concerns that this gives their school (about 2% of schools) an advantage in the inspection process when it is their turn to be inspected. Yet scant evidence exists on this issue. This paper thus presents the first evidence on this…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Inspection, Institutional Evaluation, Leaders
Bayan Khalifa; Sebastian Desmidt; Jeroen Huisman; Kenn Meyfroodt; Ebru Karatas Acer – Higher Education Quarterly, 2024
Despite the fact that organisational values play a pivotal role within organisations and allow for a broad differentiation between universities, little is known about the organisational values universities select to pursue, and the factors impacting the selection of specific values. Therefore, we aim in this study to explore what type of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Private Colleges, Public Colleges, Institutional Evaluation
Georg Krücken; Nicolai Götze; Tim Seidenschnur – Higher Education Quarterly, 2025
This research addresses two important developments in the academic field: First, universities are transforming into organisational actors, gaining more responsibilities and capacities for strategic action, and second, competition has reached a new level. An important driver of competition and universities' development towards strategic actorhood…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Universities, Financial Support, Competition
Seyedeh Golafrooz Ramezani; Jani Ursin – Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 2024
In response to global competition in higher education, university rankings have been developed. These have been interpreted as indicating the regions and countries with the most prestigious and competitive higher education institutions. The rankings are viewed as important in many countries, but their role is ambiguous and contested in the Nordic…
Descriptors: Achievement Rating, Universities, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Download full textMohammad Ghulam Ali – Online Submission, 2025
This research article establishes the relationship between key performance indicators and the academic and research quality performance and assessment and quality assurance of any large multidisciplinary academic and research institution or university. The indicators in terms of qualitative and quantitative are being proposed below and are…
Descriptors: Research Universities, Reputation, Educational Quality, Educational Assessment
Christina Nygren-Landgärds; Lena B. Mårtensson; Riitta Pyykkö; John Olav Bjørnestad; Roald von Schoultz – European Journal of Higher Education, 2024
This study aimed to investigate common features and ways of understanding quality culture (QC) within higher education institutions (HEIs) in Nordic countries. While the concept of QC is commonly accepted and often used, its meaning is not always clear. This paper focuses on how Nordic universities frame QC in their internal documentation. The…
Descriptors: Universities, Educational Quality, Quality Assurance, Institutional Characteristics
Shinji Katsumoto; Nicholas A. Bowman; Nicole F. Tennessen – Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education Research, 2024
College and university rankings have received considerable attention throughout the world. To date, very little inquiry has examined the role of these rankings in shaping international student enrollment, which is surprising given many institutions' desire to recruit these students. The present study explores this issue by examining data from…
Descriptors: Educational Quality, Institutional Evaluation, Institutional Characteristics, Foreign Students
Chirikov, Igor – Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education Research, 2023
Global university rankings influence students' choices and higher education policies throughout the world. When rankers not only evaluate universities but also provide them with consulting, analytics, or advertising services, rankers are vulnerable to conflicts of interest that may potentially distort their rankings. The paper assesses the impact…
Descriptors: Conflict of Interest, Universities, Achievement Rating, Institutional Evaluation
Sónia Monteiro; Verónica Ribeiro; Cristiana Molho – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2024
Purpose: The implementation and reporting of the sustainable development goals (SDGs) is one of the emerging challenges for higher education institutions (HEIs), but the lack of well-defined reporting structures and topics for this sector makes it difficult to map and evaluate HEI performance in relation to 2030 Agenda. This study aims to assess…
Descriptors: Environmental Education, Higher Education, Reputation, Universities
Kimberley Serpico – Research Ethics, 2024
The quality of a research study application sends a distinct signal to the institutional review board (IRB) about the skills, capacities, preparation, communication, experience, and resources of its authors. However, efforts to research and define IRB application quality have been insufficient. Inattention to the quality of an IRB application is…
Descriptors: Ethics, Research Methodology, Institutional Evaluation, Governing Boards
Laura Sierra-García; Nicolás Gambetta; Fernando Azcarate Llanes; María Antonia García Benau – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2024
Purpose: This paper aims to examine whether the position of universities in the times higher education (THE) impact rankings (IR) is related to the different dimensions of academic quality of universities according to the THE world universities ranking. Design/methodology/approach: The research, based on universities ranked in the top 100 of THE…
Descriptors: Educational Quality, Sustainable Development, Universities, Reputation
Bruce S. Rawlings; Helen Elizabeth Davis; Adote Anum; Oskar Burger; Lydia Chen; Juliet Carolina Castro Morales; Natalia Dutra; Ardain Dzabatou; Vivian Dzokoto; Alejandro Erut; Frankie T. K. Fong; Sabrina Ghelardi; Micah Goldwater; Gordon Ingram; Emily Messer; Jessica Kingsford; Sheina Lew-Levy; Kimberley Mendez; Morgan Newhouse; Mark Nielsen; Gairan Pamei; Sarah Pope-Caldwell; Karlos Ramos; Luis Emilio Echeverria Rojas; Renan A. C. dos Santos; Lara G. S. Silveira; Julia Watzek; Ciara Wirth; Cristine H. Legare – Developmental Science, 2024
Recent decades have seen a rapid acceleration in global participation in formal education, due to worldwide initiatives aimed to provide school access to all children. Research in high income countries has shown that school quality indicators have a significant, positive impact on numeracy and literacy--skills required to participate in the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Quality, School Effectiveness, Measurement
JoAnn B. Valderas; Daniella G. Varela; Linda Challoo; Don Jones – Journal of Instructional Pedagogies, 2024
This qualitative study examined teacher perceptions of the evaluation process including informal walkthroughs and administrator feedback in South Texas rural schools to determine whether teachers felt that there was a connection to teacher effectiveness and student achievement. The findings of this study may assist administrators in determining…
Descriptors: Rural Schools, Institutional Evaluation, Teacher Attitudes, Faculty Development
Greici Sarturi; Paula Balardin Ribeiro Aragão – Higher Education Quarterly, 2025
A comprehensive understanding of value creation in higher education institutions (HEIs) and the organisational practices that drive this value is essential for strategic management. Grounded in stakeholder theory, this study adopts Harrison and Wicks' model to examine the perceptions of five stakeholder groups regarding key drivers of value. The…
Descriptors: Strategic Planning, Organizational Climate, Values, Stakeholders
Hanne Poelmans; Luciana Sacchetti; Sadia Vancauwenbergh; Stefano Piazza – Quality in Higher Education, 2024
World university rankings have had an impact on academic competition worldwide. The comparability of ranking results depends on how data is collected within each university. When data concepts are interpreted differently, data variety is introduced and ranking results cannot be used in a meaningful manner. In this case study, the effect of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Universities, Rating Scales, Institutional Evaluation
