The Academic Quality Handbook

Author : Patrick Mcghee
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000159159
Total Pages : 350 pages
Book Rating : 4.58/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Academic Quality Handbook written by Patrick Mcghee and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-12-16 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Universities and further education colleges are under increasing pressure to provide 'quality' for their students. Quality assurance and development issues affect the staff, resources, administration and culture of an academic institution, yet there is often a lack of clear guidance available to those responsible for implementing best practice. This book provides practical guidelines for managing academic quality assurance and quality enhancement, outlining best practice from both the UK and the rest of the world. Each chapter addresses the key points, risks and good practice across a wide range of quality issues, drawing explicitly and in detail from the QAA guidance on the Code of Practice, Subject Benchmarks, Qualifications Framework and Institutional Audit. The material is presented in an accessible and straightforward style, incorporating useful features such as development questions for individual or team review. A maintained website accompanying this book (www.academicquality.com) contains further useful resources, with updates and supplementary material in this constantly changing area.

Author : William F. Massy
Publisher : Jossey-Bass
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Academic Quality Work written by William F. Massy and published by Jossey-Bass. This book was released on 2007-05-11 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The proposal for improving academic quality without spending more or abandoning other priorities, presented in 2003 in William Massy’s Honoring the Trust, is extended and applied in this how-to book. Informed by successful applications of academic audit at the department level by the University of Missouri System and the Tennessee Board of Regents, this book offers tested descriptions of academic quality work and the audit process. It extends both to include research and teaching at community colleges and four-year campuses. The authors see audit as a way to jump-start and then reinforce a self-sustaining cycle of academic quality improvement. This approach, which is low cost and highly collegial, uses structured conversation within the department and between department members and auditors to examine the possibilities for improvement and achieve commitments for change. Academic Quality Work is aimed at change agents—provosts, deans, department chairs, academic senate members, and faculty—and sponsors of quality improvement, such as trustees, foundation leaders, and legislatures. This book provides 1) the conceptual tools needed to apply audit in any academic setting, 2) materials for orientation and training, 3) examples of self-study and audit reports, and 4) testimonials from faculty.

Author : Patrick McGhee
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780203447369
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.60/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Academic Quality Handbook: The quality infrastructure written by Patrick McGhee and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Patrick Mcghee
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 9780203416761
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Academic Quality Handbook written by Patrick Mcghee and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2003-03-01 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Universities and further education colleges are under increasing pressure to provide 'quality' for their students. Quality assurance and development issues affect the staff, resources, administration and culture of an academic institution, yet there is often a lack of clear guidance available to those responsible for implementing best practice. This book provides practical guidelines for managing academic quality assurance and quality enhancement, outlining best practice from both the UK and the rest of the world. Each chapter addresses the key points, risks and good practice across a wide range of quality issues, drawing explicitly and in detail from the QAA guidance on the Code of Practice, Subject Benchmarks, Qualifications Framework and Institutional Audit. The material is presented in an accessible and straightforward style, incorporating useful features such as development questions for individual or team review. A maintained website accompanying this book (www.academicquality.com) contains further useful resources, with updates and supplementary material in this constantly changing area.

Author : David D. Dill
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9048137543
Total Pages : 347 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Public Policy for Academic Quality written by David D. Dill and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2010-04-12 with total page 347 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the last decade the structure of higher education in most countries has undergone significant change brought about by social demands for expanded access, technological developments, and market forces. In this period of change the traditional concerns with access and cost have been supplemented by a new concern with academic quality. As a consequence, new public policies on academic quality and new forms of academic quality assurance have rapidly emerged and swiftly migrated across continents and around the globe. The growing public debate about academic quality assurance within and across countries however has not always been well informed by analyses of the strengths and weaknesses of these new policy instruments. The Public Policy for Academic Quality Research Program (PPAQ) was designed to provide systematic analyses of innovative external quality assurance policies around the world. This volume presents the fourteen analyses of national policies on academic quality assurance conducted as part of the PPAQ Research Program utilizing the knowledge of informed international scholars. Each policy analysis examines the policy goals, implementation problems, and impacts of these newly developed national quality assurance instruments. The book concludes with an assessment of the lessons learned from these collected policy analyses and outlines the framework conditions that appear essential for assuring academic standards in the university sector.

Author : Patrick Mcghee
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 113572640X
Total Pages : 299 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Academic Quality Handbook Rb written by Patrick Mcghee and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2003-12-16 with total page 299 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First Published in 2004. This book is intended as an introduction to the management of quality assurance and enhancement in higher education particularly in England. The text focuses on the relationship between institutional quality assurance and the auditing authority of the Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education, the QAA.

Author : Catherine Paradeise
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137298294
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.94/5 ( download)

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Download or read book In Search of Academic Quality written by Catherine Paradeise and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-04-29 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is based on an international comparison observing a series of universities, where diversity remains huge when considering how single institutions position themselves in terms of quality standards and combine resources, as well as the alternatives they have access to given their organizational and cultural governance path dependence.

Author : Patrick McGhee
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135726418
Total Pages : 269 pages
Book Rating : 4.16/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Academic Quality Handbook Rb written by Patrick McGhee and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2003 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is intended as an introduction to the management of quality assuranceand enhancement in higher education particularly in England. The text focuseson the relationship between institutional quality assurance and the auditingauthority of the Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education, the QAA.

Author : Jeremy Atkinson
Publisher : Chandos Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0081001347
Total Pages : 337 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Quality and the Academic Library written by Jeremy Atkinson and published by Chandos Publishing. This book was released on 2016-02-24 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Quality and the Academic Library: Reviewing, Assessing and Enhancing Service Provision provides an in-depth review and analysis of quality management and service quality in academic libraries. All aspects of quality are considered in the book, including quality assessment, quality review, and quality enhancement. An overview of quality management and service quality concepts, principles, and methods leads to a detailed consideration of how they have been applied in universities and their libraries. A case study approach is used with different perspectives provided from the different stakeholders involved in the quality processes. All contributors adopt a critical reflection approach, reflecting on the implications, impact, and significance of the activities undertaken and the conclusions that can be drawn for future developments. The book concludes with an overall reflection on quality management and service quality in academic libraries with a final analysis of priorities for the future. Presents a holistic view of the subject, looking at reviews of academic library services, quality assurance and assessment, quality enhancement, and service quality Provides perspectives from authors with different experiences and responsibilities, including those responsible for initiating and managing quality processes in higher education Includes case studies where the authors not only describe the quality processes used, but also seek to review and reflect on their success, limitations, and the impact of their work some time after the event Seeks to be current, comprehensive, and reflective by including the results of surveys/interviews from senior librarians on quality in academic libraries

Author : Ellen Hazelkorn
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN 13 : 178536975X
Total Pages : 616 pages
Book Rating : 4.59/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Research Handbook on Quality, Performance and Accountability in Higher Education written by Ellen Hazelkorn and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2018-07-27 with total page 616 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As higher education becomes a key determinant for economic competitiveness, institutions face increasing pressure to demonstrate their fitness to meet the needs of society and individuals. Blending innovative research with richly contextualised examples this unique Research Handbook provides authoritative insights from around the globe on how best to understand, assess and improve quality, performance and accountability in higher education.