Education leaders from around the world look at the impact of quality development on the future of higher education in developing and developed countries and provide international examples of management approaches in higher education. They review factors affecting higher education quality and examine the importance of leadership for quality in higher education. The book presents a framework for External Quality Assurance and provides examples of the benefits and consequences of a diversified quality system. The final section of the book covers resources and trends in higher education quality. Nair is professor of higher education at the University of Western Australia. The book is distributed in North America by Neal-Schuman. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
Preface
List of figures and tables
About the authors
Part 1: Overview
Chapter 1: Growth of the quality movement in higher education
Abstract:
Introduction
Where did quality come from?
Quality development in higher education
What is quality?
Critique of current higher education quality models
Summary
Part 2: Leadership of Quality in Higher Education
Chapter 2: Initiative-based quality development and the role of distributed
leadership
Abstract:
Introduction
Quality in a wider context
Events crucial for the internal quality development at CBS
The aims of CBS quality work
The quality system developed at CBS
Distributed leadership
Conclusion
Chapter 3: A leadership model for higher education quality
Abstract:
One scenario at Stable State University
Issues and action points involved in the scenario
Challenges for CEOs, senior administrators and faculty leaders
Benefits from adopting the quality model
Chapter 4: A framework for engaging leadership in higher education quality
systems
Abstract:
Introduction
Background
The process
The product
The ELF in practice: unit improvement
Conclusion
Acknowledgements
Appendix A
Appendix B
Appendix C
Part 3: Approaches of Managers to Quality in Higher Education
Chapter 5: Quality management in higher education: a comparative study of
the United Kingdom, the Netherlands and Finland
Abstract:
Introduction
Quality management
Quality and its links with autonomy and the freedom to manage
Approach
Findings from the case studies
The case studies: similarities and differences
Conclusions
Chapter 6: Towards a culture of quality in South African higher education
Abstract:
Introduction
A culture of quality
Research
Establishing a culture of quality
Conclusion
Part 4: Auditing Quality in Higher Education
Chapter 7: Auditorsā perspectives on quality in higher education
Abstract:
Introduction to External Quality Assurance
Standards
Approaches to External Quality Assurance costs, benefits and recurring
lessons
Concluding comments
Part 5: Academic Development and Quality in Higher Education
Chapter 8: Academic development as change leadership in higher education
Abstract:
Introduction
Academic development an emerging profession
Quality in the UK an academic developers perspective
The nature of change in higher education
The Assessment for Learning Initiative (TALI): a case study in institutional
change
And finally
Chapter 9: Quality in the transitional process of establishing political
science as a new discipline in Czech higher education (post 1989)
Abstract:
Introduction
Context
Scholarly output of Czech Political Science and the phenomenon of quality
Teaching and learning outcomes in Czech Political Science and the phenomenon
of quality
Conclusion
Acknowledgements
Chapter 10: Academic development and quality in Oman: mapping the terrain
Abstract:
Introduction
From an oil economy to a knowledge economy
Higher education in Oman: seeking solutions
Omans mechanism for quality: exploring the terrain
Sultan Qaboos University quality control mechanisms: mapping the terrain
The quality of inputs
The quality of processes
Promoting a culture of academic quality
The quality of outputs
Conclusion
Part 6: Resources and Trends in Higher Education Quality
Chapter 11: New directions in quality management
Abstract:
Introduction
An evidence-based approach
A shift towards students
Calculating what counts
Measuring graduate skills
Assessing student engagement
Feedback from employers
Measuring academic achievement
Setting new parameters
Chapter 12: Dubaiās Free Zone model for leadership in the external quality
assurance of higher education
Abstract:
Higher education is culturally relative
The United Arab Emirates
The Dubai Free Zone model of higher education provision
The Dubai Free Zone model of higher education quality assurance
Conclusions
Chapter 13: Trends in quality development
Abstract:
Introduction
The importance of quality
The location of quality
An institutional level of quality
An institutional approach to key performance indicators
Systematic data moves quality from review to monitoring
Using systematic data for reward and remediation
The key is accountability
Lack of professionalisation remains an inhibitor
The future of external quality assurance
Index
Professor Chenicheri Sid Nair is currently with the Centre for Advancement of Teaching and Learning, University of Western Australia (UWA), Perth. Prior to his appointment to UWA, he was Quality Adviser (Research and Evaluation) in the Centre for Higher Education Quality (CHEQ) at Monash University, Australia. He has an extensive expertise in the area of quality development and evaluation, and he also has considerable editorial experience. Currently, he is Associate Editor of the International Journal of Quality Assurance in Engineering and Technology Education (IJQAETE). Prior to this he was also a Managing Editor of the Electronic Journal of Science Education (EJSE). Professor Nair is also an international consultant in a number of countries in quality and evaluations. Associate Professor Len Webster has expertise in educational policy, educational development, quality development and flexible learning. Currently he is the Educational Adviser in the Centre for the Advancement of Learning and Teaching (CALT) at Monash University, Australia. He previously was the director of an educational development unit in the Faculty of Law, Monash University, where he was the Faculty Quality Development Coordinator. He has also been a reviewer of the Australian University Quality Agency conference proceedings. Dr Patricie Mertova is currently a Research Fellow in the Department of Education, University of Oxford, England. She was previously a Research Officer at the University of Queensland, and, prior to that, a Research Fellow in the Centre for the Advancement of Learning and Teaching (CALT) and the Centre for Higher Education Quality (CHEQ), Monash University, Australia. She has recently completed her PhD focusing on the academic voice in higher education quality. She has research expertise in the areas of higher education and higher education quality. Her background is also in the areas of linguistics, translation, cross-cultural communication and foreign languages.
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