Definitions of supervision and instructional supervision are provided, along with financial and educational rationale for better quality-control of public education through the development and maintenance of an effective instructional improvement program. A suggested supervisory model is described. (MJB)

A protocol is an instrument that directs the user in the collection and recording of data necessary for the management of a specific medical problem, designed to permit practitioners to treat patients without a physician visit or for pre-physician consultation. (MM)

A significant amount of introspective evaluation of the dissertation process and product has taken place over the last five years. Technological advances, quality concerns, and increased student involvement in the preparation have been recognized and incorporated into new dissertation requirements. (Author/MLW)

Examines quality control mechanisms within West German dual system for training young workers: entry qualifications, quality/qualifications of trainers, methods for curriculum renewal, etc. Comments on weaknesses in the dual system and briefly discusses two British initiatives intended to improve the quality of the education and training of young…

Conducted survey in 32 psychiatric facilities to determine the types and sources of information used in care review in order to develop a meaningful minimum data set for quality assurance purposes. Found that the adequacy of medical record information for review and the feasibility of automating it depended on the nature of the review task.…

Some of the limitations of desktop publishing are identified including: desktop systems cannot match the finished quality of typeset copy and traditionally prepared graphics; nonpublications office desktop publishing would require more time, and publishing will not be easier; hidden costs; and high quality depends on trained people. (MLW)

A number of quality assurance educational evaluation methods are illustrated. Evaluation data obtained from the Providence, Rhode Island, school district are used. The methods are: (1) from auditing, internal control; (2) from accounting, double bookkeeping; and (3) from industrial quality control, acceptance sampling and cumulative percentage…

Results of a national survey on state postsecondary regulations concerning the use of competency or other tests required of college students in the course of their undergraduate programs as a check on academic standards, and the impetus for such a requirement, are reported. The policies of Georgia, Florida, and California are highlighted. (MSE)

Presents a case study and findings of a training needs assessment which was conducted to determine the training implications of implementing an integral system of quality assurance at the Fridley, Minnesota, plant of Onan Corporation, a manufacturer of electric generator sets and switch gear. (MBR)

Integrity, defined as an institution's doing what it says it will do, is seen as the means of ensuring quality in higher education. Across the university, everyone has responsibility for improving the writing and speaking skills of students as well as encouraging their powers of analysis, synthesis, and quantification. (MLW)

A program of small grants to dental students to attract beginning researchers to the field of quality assurance has shown that recruitment from an existing student pool is rapid and inexpensive and works best when it uses volunteers, has short cycles and rapid turnaround, and uses the dental communication network. (MSE)

Stressing that in order for quality circles to work, members must believe that their participation makes a difference, the author outlines procedures for setting up quality circles within schools and school districts and describes their successful operation. (MJL)

This study is aiming at examining the process of implementation of this higher education diversification policy in Vietnam, analyzing the opportunities and challenges that are facing the newly established non-public higher education institutions and to propose some orientations for their development in the current process of industrialization and…

DC has a larger percentage of students in charter schools than any state. To help oversee DC charter schools, Congress established two authorizers--the Board of Education (BOE), which has an Office of Charter Schools responsible for oversight, and the independent Public Charter School Board (PCSB). Congress required the GAO to conduct a study of…