Assessing Quality in Postsecondary Education
International Perspectives
1st Edition
Published on 9. April 2018
217 pages
978-1-55339-534-8 (ISBN)
Description
For many years the benefits conferred by a higher education went undisputed. But students, employers, governments, and taxpayers are now demanding evidence of educational quality and value. At the same time, fiscally strapped governments are raising questions about how institutions are funded and the role quality should play in setting funding levels. In the face of these mounting pressures, jurisdictions around the world are working toward designing meaningful indicators to measure the performance of postsecondary institutions that go beyond enrolment numbers, graduation rates, and ever-popular reputational rankings. Assessing Quality in Postsecondary Education: International Perspectives presents a collection of thought-provoking essays by world-renowned higher-education thinkers and policy experts that discuss ways of defining and measuring academic quality. The papers were presented at a conference convened by the Higher Education Quality Council of Ontario in May 2017 and provide valuable insight into this pressing issue and underscore the need for reform.
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Harvey P. Weingarten | Martin Hicks | Amy Kaufman
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International Perspectives
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Queen's School of Policy Studies
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Content
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- Table of Contents
- About the Authors
- Introduction
- List of Abbreviations
- Section I: The United States
- Chapter 1 Indicators of Educational Quality for Postsecondary Accountability Systems
- Chapter 2 Quality as Both State and Process: Implications for Performance-Indicator Systems
- Chapter 3 The Role of Generic Skills in Measuring Academic Quality
- Section II: Europe
- Chapter 4 Governance and Power Through Indicators: The UK Higher Education Teaching Excellence and Student Outcomes Framework
- Chapter 5 Assessing Teaching and Learning in Ireland
- Chapter 6 Performance Contracts: A New Tool in Higher-Education Governance
- Chapter 7 Benchmarking Higher-Education System Performance: A Look at Learning and Teaching
- Section III: Canada
- Chapter 8 The Sweet Smell of Student Success: Demonstrating Learning Experience Quality in Ontario
- Chapter 9 Supporting Quality Through Collaboration and Funding-Based Policy Levers: Nova Scotia's Experience
- Section IV: The Future of Quality Measurement
- Chapter 10 Postsecondary Punters: Creating New Platforms for Higher-Education Success
- Conclusion
