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Maduekwe, Catherine Chinenye. "National higher education reform in Tanzania : understanding institutional and state leaders' responses to access and quality initiatives at selected public universities." University of the Western Cape, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/11394/5282.

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Philosophiae Doctor - PhD<br>Like many universities across the globe, African universities were not exceptional in so far as they were under the control of their nation states. While studies have explored the relationship between the State and the universities, this thesis argues that notwithstanding the debate around the issues of universities’ continuous demand for autonomy as against the pressure for accountability, universities in Africa can also challenge the state in hidden ways especially around issues of higher education policy. In substantiating this argument, this researcher has empl

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Inkoom, Agatha. "Implementation of initiatives to reform the quality of education in rural Ghanaian junior high schools." Thesis, Edith Cowan University, Research Online, Perth, Western Australia, 2012. https://ro.ecu.edu.au/theses/485.

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Despite Ghana's record investment in education, in 2008, only 40% of students passed the Basic Education Certificate Examinations (BECE) at the end of junior high school and gained admission into senior high school. Urban schools continue to outperform rural schools and the gap between Ghana‟s best and worst performing schools continues to widen. This study investigated the effectiveness of education policy implementation and how this has impacted on education reform in one rural district of Ghana‟s Upper West Region. The research investigated the status of education in Junior High Schools, th

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Castillo, Luis Felipe, Carlos Raymundo, and Francisco Dominguez Mateos. "Information architecture model for the successful data governance initiative in the peruvian higher education sector." Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10757/656364.

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El texto completo de este trabajo no está disponible en el Repositorio Académico UPC por restricciones de la casa editorial donde ha sido publicado.<br>The research revealed the need to design an information architecture model for Data Governance initiative that can serve as an intercom between current IT / IS management trends: Information technology (IT) management and information management. A model is needed that strikes a balance between the need to invest in technology and the ability to manage the information that originates from the use of those technologies, as well as to measure with

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Whitlock, Will C. "Learning and teaching strategy in higher education : views of the University of Westminster coordinators on the implementation of the Teaching Quality Enhancement Fund Initiative." Thesis, University College London (University of London), 2012. http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/10020691/.

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It was Dearing's Inquiry into HE (1997) that first noted that many universities did not have a learning and teaching strategy (LTS). The resultant HEFCE funded initiative for teaching quality enhancement (TQEF) required universities to develop and implement an LTS. This thesis concerns the development and implementation of the LTS at the University of Westminster from 2001 to 2009, the period of funding. More particularly, this thesis exams the perspective of the learning and teaching coordinators (LTCs) from each of the academic Schools of the University. The LTCs were charged with the manage

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Thompson, Kristen. "Regional higher education initiatives lessons for Southern Africa." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/11957.

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Includes bibliographical references.<br>This thesis critically analyses the state of regional higher education cooperation with the goal of extrapolating lessons from Europe through the Bologna Process and South America through the MERCOSUR-Educativo project for future regional higher education arrangements broadly and southern Africa specifically. In approaching the issue of regionalisation of higher education, the thesis explores the relationship between regionalisation and globalisation and their respective influences on regional higher education arrangements. International trends, pressure

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Walker, Patricia. "The commodification of British higher education : international student curriculum initiatives." Thesis, Oxford Brookes University, 1997. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.364098.

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Maddox, Robert Benjamin. "The evolution of internationalization initiatives at three highly selective U.S. research universities." Thesis, University of Pennsylvania, 2016. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10158540.

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<p> “Arguing against globalization is like arguing against the laws of gravity.” This statement by Former United Nations Secretary General Kofi Anan acknowledges the growing pervasiveness and seeming inevitability of global economic and cultural interdependence that characterizes globalization. The benefits and detriments of this phenomenon continue to be debated widely across political, social, cultural and national spectra. Globalization is the set of larger socio-economic forces shaping our world and internationalization is how institutions respond. More specifically, internatio

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Tai, Chih-Che, and A. Godbole. "East Tennessee State University STEM Initiatives." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2013. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/3286.

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BARTLEY, JEANETTE MARIE. "FACULTY TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVES FOR EFFECTIVE INSTRUCTION IN DISTANCE HIGHER EDUCATION." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2001. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin990822222.

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Kauppila, O. (Osmo). "Integrated quality evaluation in higher education." Doctoral thesis, Oulun yliopisto, 2016. http://urn.fi/urn:isbn:9789526211862.

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Abstract The role of higher education as an essential component of the productive economy has been emphasized in the 21stcentury, resulting in a constant need to demonstrate compliance and excellence to various stakeholders. To achieve this, a large variety of internal and external evaluation processes have been developed. However, to connect these evaluations with continuous improvement has often proved challenging due to factors arising from organizational complexity. This compilation dissertation examines how various quality evaluations in higher education could be integrated in a meaningfu

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Shippey, Theodore Clive. "Standards and quality in higher education." Thesis, Cape Technikon, 1994. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11838/1987.

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Thesis (Laureatus in Technology (Teacher Education)) -- Cape Technikon, Cape Town,1994<br>The main hypothesis underlying this study has been formulated on the basis of an identified need in the Republic of South Africa (RSA) for a means of ensuring and preserving acceptable standards (by international norms) and quality in higher education. It has been assumed that this need may partially be met by the adaptation of selected overseas systems of quality control and systems of evaluation and accreditation of standards. The emphasis throughout is on intelligent, selective adaptation of successful

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Shawa, Lester Brian. "Can higher education policy frameworks engender quality higher education in Malawian universities?" Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/21793.

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Thesis (MEd)--University of Stellenbosch, 2007.<br>ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Through policy document analyses and in-depth semi-structured interviews, this thesis examines the potential of higher education policy frameworks to engender quality university education in Malawian universities. Pertinent to the fast-growing higher education sector in Malawi is the connection between higher education policy frameworks and quality delivery of university education. Education policy frameworks in Malawi are mainly a response to the government’s broad policy of poverty alleviation. Thus this thesis argues

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Dulaney, Weston P., Sinthea Reynolds, and Jill Channing. "Tennessee’s Innovative State-Wide Initiatives." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2019. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/4880.

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Tennessee now offers free community college education for many traditional and returning students. Several community colleges in the state are pioneers in developing successful guided pathways models. Presenters will also review the research that is helping them to learn how they can improve their cutting-edge statewide programs.

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DeArman, Brooke A. "Internationalization Initiatives in U.S. Institutions of Higher Education| The Impact Observed by a School of Music." Thesis, University of Missouri - Columbia, 2019. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=13877139.

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<p> This qualitative study was designed to evaluate the impact internationalization initiatives in U.S. institutions of higher education have had on a school of music. The critical approach of intercultural communication served as the conceptual framework to guide understanding of internationalization initiatives or efforts within higher education institutions toward preparing students, in particular music graduates, for the global society (Issa, 2015). Data collected from questionnaires and interviews with various stakeholders, organizational documents and the institution’s website prov

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Hay, Driekie. "Quality considerations in South African higher education." Journal for New Generation Sciences, Vol 2, Issue 2: Central University of Technology, Free State, Bloemfontein, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/11462/459.

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Published Article<br>The implementation of quality assurance systems in higher education have never been accepted without debate nor severe critique. This can partially be ascribed to academics' strong views on academic freedom and autonomy. In this paper an admissible distinction between quality assurance and quality enhancement as two entries on a continuum is made. A plea is made that Southern African higher education institutions should invest in establishing self-reflective practices rather than a culture of compliances. The author concludes that quality enhancement embedded in a self-e

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Tsiligiris, Vangelis. "Cross-border higher education and quality management." Thesis, Birmingham City University, 2015. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.638451.

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Several dynamics have contributed to the increasing conception of higher education as a service, universities as service providers, students as customers and quality as value for money. Quality management has been pursued as a means to promote accountability and is primarily driven by student satisfaction surveys. This has resulted in the dominance of the retrospective customer model for the management of quality in higher education (Biggs, 2001) with emphasis on accountability and ‘value for money’ for the student customer. At the same time, decreasing public funding and a growing student dem

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Filippakou, Ourania. "The legitimation of quality in higher education." Thesis, University College London (University of London), 2008. http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/10019864/.

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Quality in relation to higher education is anything but an innocent project: it is ideologically constructed and conducted. Quality has been set up as its own enterprise and systematically disseminates the meaning of higher education, explicitly and implicitly, stabilizing an ideological formation and establishing a social consensus. In a spiral of mutual reinforcements, quality naturalizes particular practices and, also, legitimizes this naturalness. The systematic critics of quality, however, call that ideological synthesis into increasing question. Quality in higher education is faced with

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Dias, Maria da Conceicao Loureiro. "Quality management in higher education in Mozambique." Thesis, Bangor University, 1998. https://research.bangor.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/quality-management-in-higher-education-in-mozambique(8b6a2ab3-e3aa-43a4-9448-b9a975c89b7c).html.

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This thesis concerns ideas and practices about quality assurance systems, quality enhancement and performance indicators in higher education. The quality of higher education is important in a country's economic and social development and its enhancement is a major objective of any higher education system. There has been an increasing demand for institutions of higher education to be accountable and make their activities more transparent to their consumers and to society as a whole. Therefore, institutions have become more explicit about their aims and the methods used to achieve such aims. Als

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Halbersma, Joseph. ""What's the catch?" Testing theories regarding the implications of recent federal initiatives for the social sciences and the humanities." Thesis, McGill University, 2011. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=103770.

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There has been subtantial academic concern over what is deemed to be the negative implications of the recent "reinvestment" phase of federal research funding (1999 to 2008). For the social sciences and humanities, however, nuch of this concern is not substantiated with any actual data. This thesis examines five of these proposed theses (or "fears") and finds that only one can be supported by actual evidence. The remaining four concerns are thus premature or erroneous. The first thesis centers around total dollar funding amounts and argues that federal funding is either dwindling for the social

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Mertova, Patricie. "Quality in higher education: stories of English and Czech academics and higher education leaders." Monash University. Faculty of Law, 2008. http://arrow.monash.edu.au/hdl/1959.1/53585.

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The subject of quality has been a pervasive issue on the agenda in higher education around the world for more than a decade. A greater focus on quality in higher education resulted from a range of competing factors, among the most prominent were: political control over higher education (exerted particularly by national governments), the growth in the number of students in higher education (including general changes in the student population and their expectations) and financial control on the part of national governments (frequently related to the previous two factors). Quality monitoring has

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Heffner, Christopher L. "Does student perception of quality matter? A study of perceived academic quality and intention to persist." Thesis, Capella University, 2013. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3590337.

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<p> Based on current research and seminal theories on learning, quality, and academic persistence, this study sought to establish the core components of academic quality in higher education and to determine if these components can be used to predict students' intention to persist. This study also looked at differences between traditionally aged college students and their non-traditional adult learner counterparts. Results were significant for all questions asked, suggesting that academic quality can be used as a predictor of students' intention to persist. Additionally, the study found that ad

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Grobbelaar, Jos. "Higher education in South Africa : state reform initiatives during the first decade of democracy." Journal for New Generation Sciences, Vol 2, Issue 2: Central University of Technology, Free State, Bloemfontein, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/11462/458.

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Published Article<br>This article starts off with a brief overview of the institutional higher education landscape up to the end of 2003. The article outlines the way in which national higher education policies impacted on the institutional landscapes. The role of the National Commission on Higher Education, the White Paper on Higher Education, the Higher Education Act 1997, the Size and Shape Report, the National Plan for Higher Education and the National Working Group are briefly overviewed. The author concludes with a brief overview of the anticipated higher education landscape as from 2004

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Owens, Megan E. "Reading as a Resource: Exploring Reading Habits and Multicultural Awareness and Acceptance in Undergraduate Students." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2016. https://dc.etsu.edu/etd/3095.

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Considerable research has been conducted examining the benefits of diversity on campus and diversity programming for undergraduate students. However, minimal research has been focused on connecting reading fiction as a potential resource for diversity programming. Diversity courses, racial awareness workshops, and service learning opportunities are all supported by research for their transformational influence on students’ attitudes and perceptions towards minority and underrepresented groups on campus. Emerging studies have established that reading narrative fiction can enhance readers’ empat

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Morales, Rodríguez Adriana. "Quality, efficiency and customer orientation in higher education." Doctoral thesis, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/400659.

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Las instituciones de educación superior desempeñan un papel importante en la economía de cualquier región o país, ya que contribuyen a la formación de capital humano y nuevo conocimiento; así como al emprendimiento. Debido al aumento de la competencia, las universidades están bajo presión constante para mejorar su desempeño. En este sentido, la literatura ha señalado que la calidad, productividad y orientación al cliente deben ser considerados como elementos clave para lograr un desempeño superior. Sin embargo, la evaluación de estos conceptos en el contexto de la educación superior es complej

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Blackwell, Richard. "Staff development and quality enhancement in higher education." Thesis, Middlesex University, 2006. http://eprints.mdx.ac.uk/6874/.

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My work seeks to address the contribution of SD to enhancement of quality in HE. I have sought to explore a cluster of research questions in this area, the focus varying slightly over time as my roles have changed and developed, opening and closing opportunities for investigative work. The primary research questions have been: how may SD contribute to enhancing HE and what are the implications of those contributions for HE staff, HEIs, and the SD community itself? How are HE organisations and management changing and how may staff and SD professionals engage with and influence such changes? At

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Zachariah, Shoba. "Managing quality in higher education : a stakeholder perspective." Thesis, University of Leicester, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/2381/4385.

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This study proposes a framework for managing quality in higher education based on the key quality values of students, academics and employers. The proposed framework of the stakeholder determinants of quality (SDQ) is unique in that it is the only approach to quality that seeks to address differences in quality values between stakeholder groups while it builds on similarities in their views. The methodology employs sequential methodological triangulation and includes individual interviews and a larger survey. The sample includes students and academic staff on Business and IT undergraduate prog

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Telford, Archibald Ronald. "The congruence of quality values in higher education." Thesis, Edinburgh Napier University, 2002. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/4279.

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Higher education and more specifically University education is being called to account more and more. It follows therefore that the Universities must present information on the quality of service which they provide as perceived by their customers and their supporters who supply their funding. In this thesisr esearchi s reported on the measuremenot f the quality valuesw hich Students, Lecturing Staff, and Senior Management display within the period of a leaming programme. The principal aim was to ascertain through hypothesis testing if the level of congruence of the value systems of these three

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Jelfs, Anne. "Stakeholders' conceptions of quality in distance higher education." Thesis, Open University, 2004. http://oro.open.ac.uk/56470/.

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Polycarpou, Evripides. "Service quality management and customer satisfaction in higher education : quality of services, customer satisfaction and customer behavioural intention in higher education." Thesis, Middlesex University, 2007. http://eprints.mdx.ac.uk/13601/.

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For the purpose of this project, a modified SERVQUAL instrument has been used to investigate undergraduate student perception of service quality at Cyprus College by determining if gaps existed in student expectation versus the perception of the actual experiences. The researcher acquired answers for five research questions designed to determine the relationship between service quality, student satisfaction, student behavioural intention, and certain demographic variables (gender, nationality, and number of years at the college). The population consisted of 1,398 students, which represented th

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Bader, May. "Investigation of the quality of students' learning experience and the quality of service provided in clinical dental education." Thesis, McGill University, 2013. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=119445.

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Quality assurance (QA) has become a fact of life in higher education. Institutions engage in QA activities to direct spending to the areas that contribute to quality improvement and present to stakeholders evidence of the effectiveness and quality of their programmes. Dental schools are particularly pressured to demonstrate QA efforts to meet accreditation standards and ensure the quality of patient care. This study presents a quality assessment conducted at a school of dentistry in a developing country. A mixed methods approach is used to seek input from patients, students and faculty mem

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Plummer, Ellen Wright. "Institutional Transformation: An Analysis of Change Initiatives at NSF ADVANCE Institutions." Diss., Virginia Tech, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/28204.

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The purpose of this study was to examine how institutional culture promoted or impeded the implementation of round one and two NSF ADVANCE initiatives designed to improve academic climates for women in science and engineering. This study was conducted in two phases. In phase one, 35 participants from 18 institutions were interviewed to answer three research questions. Participants identified a policy, process, or program designed to improve academic cultures for women in science and engineering fields. Participants also identified strategies that promoted the implementation of these efforts, a

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Li, Yuan. "Quality assurance in Chinese higher education : reflecting student learning?" Thesis, University of Manchester, 2011. https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/quality-assurance-in-chinese-higher-education-reflecting-student-learning(89ef6fc6-68de-4951-848d-eb3f08a00345).html.

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Chinese higher education (HE) has been through a process of profound restructuring, decentralisation, introduction of market incentives, university mergers, internationalisation, and enlarging student enrolment in the past two decades. Along with the expansion of Chinese HE, the issue of quality has become a concern and has attracted a lot of attention in the Chinese HE sector. Developing quality assurance (QA) systems has been given priority in the agenda of most Chinese higher education institutions (HEIs). The nationwide implementation of quality evaluation since 2002 is the main means used

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Tsui, Chung Bing Sum Cecilia. "Quality assurance in higher education : a Hong Kong perspective." Thesis, University College London (University of London), 2009. http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/18026/.

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Evaluation, assessment and assurance of academic quality are intrinsic to higher education. Following pressures and forces caused by expansion of higher education, diversification as well fiscal constraints and changing societal contexts, formalized quality assessment began to evolve during 1980s to 1990s in different parts of the world. Nevertheless, the new managerialism, calling for accountability, efficiency and change, has aroused controversies in higher education. By using key informant interviews and literature reviews, this study attempted to evaluate ‘What constitute quality (ies) in

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Abadie-Mendia, Trudy. "Accountability and Quality in Higher Education: A Case Study." UNF Digital Commons, 2013. http://digitalcommons.unf.edu/etd/375.

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The purpose of the present study was to gain a deep and rich understanding of the accountability process at a regional comprehensive university in the Southeast United States. Specifically, the present study sought to answer the following question: How is a regional comprehensive university in the Southeast United States substantiating the quality of undergraduate professional programs and the success of graduates. The study utilized a qualitative research methodology, specifically a descriptive embedded case study design. A total of 16 interviews were conducted with participants representing

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Sakr, Riad. "Quality assurance in higher education institutions : contingent assessment system." Thesis, Lille 1, 2018. http://www.theses.fr/2018LIL1A008/document.

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L’assurance qualité dans les institutions d’enseignement supérieur (IES), les facteurs qui impactent et transforment les rôles des IES, les différentes dimensions et variables intervenant dans l’évaluation de la qualité dans les IES, ainsi qu’un système d’évaluation contextuelle, sont discutés, discuté, et analysés. La structure de l’enseignement supérieur au Liban et des données sur cette structure sont aussi présentées, traitées et analysées. Pour évaluer la qualité dans les IES au Liban, un modèle/gabarit est proposé. Six domaines de dimensions de la qualité ont été considérés. Dans chaque

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Ghazarian, Peter Gregory. "Measuring quality, measuring difference: international rankings of higher education." Thesis, Boston University, 2011. https://hdl.handle.net/2144/31969.

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Thesis (Ed.D.)--Boston University<br>PLEASE NOTE: Boston University Libraries did not receive an Authorization To Manage form for this thesis or dissertation. It is therefore not openly accessible, though it may be available by request. If you are the author or principal advisor of this work and would like to request open access for it, please contact us at open-help@bu.edu. Thank you.<br>International ranking systems provide are an opportunity to higher education institutions (HEIs) to establish a global reputation. However, seeking that recognition comes at a significant cost. By focusing on

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Cooper, Trudi. "Quality management in Australian higher education : A critical review." Thesis, Edith Cowan University, Research Online, Perth, Western Australia, 2004. https://ro.ecu.edu.au/theses/842.

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Quality management in higher education is a politically contentious issue in Australia. as it is in North America, New Zealand, and many European countries. The Australian government has instituted a quality management system for higher education that it claims will improve university efficiency, accountability and quality. Critics assert that the current quality management system is detrimental to universities and undermines the capability of universities to deliver maximal benefits to individuals and to society. Evaluation of the basis of conflicting claims is necessary to enable decisions a

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Pham, Thu Dinh Xuan. "Leadership to support quality improvement in Vietnamese higher education." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 2016. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/95787/13/Dinh%20Xuan%20Thu_Pham_Thesis.pdf.

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The study was situated within the higher education (HE) reform agenda of the Vietnamese Ministry of Education and Training (MOET). It investigated how leadership styles and selected demographic variables impacted on Vietnamese HE leaders and their support for the 8 quality improvement principles proposed by MOET. The findings indicated that majority of HE leaders were willing to embrace transformational leadership style that aligns with MOET's reform objective. The leaders showed mixed understanding of MOETs quality improvement principles. The findings suggests provision of continued support f

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James, Paul T. J. "Teaching quality : student perceptions and their implications for managing quality in higher education." Thesis, University of Lincoln, 2000. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.342447.

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Gibson, Nancy P. Baker Paul J. "A state mandated initiative and the role of the high school principal as a change agent a case study of quality review in five Illinois high schools /." Normal, Ill. Illinois State University, 1996. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/ilstu/fullcit?p9633418.

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--Illinois State University, 1996.<br>Title from title page screen, viewed May 22, 2006. Dissertation Committee: Paul J. Baker (chair), Dianne Ashby, Donald Kachur, William Rau, David Turner. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 208-215) and abstract. Also available in print.

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Frickx, Gretchen P. "The Academic Quality Improvement Program Journey| The Impact of Continuous Improvement Practices on Effectiveness Measures." Thesis, Benedictine University, 2016. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10035900.

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<p> Higher education institution performance has been brought to the forefront of the public policy arena by the spread of performance funding, the articulation of the Completion Agenda, and Congressional hearings on higher education. Debate over which entities should be responsible for monitoring the performance of higher education institutions as well as which measures are to be used has intensified. Currently, this oversight falls to institutional accrediting agencies that require institutions to meet established criteria, including the development of a culture of evidence and the pursuit o

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Pule, Gomotsegang J. P. "Perceptions of stakeholders about quality assurance in higher education in Botswana." Thesis, University of Pretoria, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/46167.

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Quality and its assurance are now important aspects of higher education in both developed and developing nations. Accordingly, this study seeks to explore the perceptions of stakeholders with regards to quality assurance in higher education institutions in Botswana. The study employed mixed methods research, which is a combination of qualitative and quantitative methods of data collection and analysis,Ivankoka,Creswell and Sticks (2006). Interviews were conducted with heads of quality units at Limkokwing and BIUST, Deans, Deputy Deans, Heads of Departments, DVC AA at UB and other academic staf

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Chalkley, Simon Timothy. "Student-centred quality improvement systems in manufacturing engineering higher education." Thesis, Brunel University, 1996. http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/5435.

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Recent changes within British higher education have led to a refocus as to the purpose of such education. This movement has been particularly noticeable in the engineering disciplines. These changes have involved a move towards a more 'transformational' objective, where the emphasis is on the development of the full range of learning abilities within a student coupled with an external, or 'real world', orientation. To develop such learning abilities requires specific educational approaches that are based on student-centred processes and the preparation for lifelong learning. This new purpose,

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Lundqvist, Robert. "Quality in higher education : approaches to its management and improvement." Licentiate thesis, Luleå, 1997. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:ltu:diva-26452.

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Issues related to quality have received more attention in both society at large and higher education during the last decades. Concepts such as ‘Total Quality Management' and ‘continuous improvement' have become prevalent terms in the discussions around quality issues. The overall intention of this thesis is to study quality management in higher education, and more specifically, to see if and how perspectives with their origin outside higher education could provide means to improve the activities in that setting. The first element in the thesis is an attempt to formulate a general framework for

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Okafor, Theresa Udumaga. "External quality assurance in higher education : Nigeria and South Africa." Thesis, University of Nottingham, 2015. http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/34463/.

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What is quality assurance? What is the purpose of higher education and how does it affect the way quality assurance is carried out? What value can be placed on quality assurance and could it enhance a student’s learning outcome? This research takes a reflective and critical look at these questions amidst the disparagement of quality assurance and problems issuing from practice. Aside from definitional issues, quality assurance has not fulfilled its expected purpose, which for all intents hinges on compliance and improvement. It is hoped that understanding the prevailing interpretation of quali

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Tsevi, Linda. "Quality assurance in private higher education| The case of Ghana." Thesis, State University of New York at Albany, 2015. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3720240.

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<p> This study explores private higher education and implementation of quality assurance procedures in Ghana, a country in West Africa. While focusing on the three main isomorphic classifications (coercive, mimetic and normative) of DiMaggio and Powell’s (1983) institutional theory, this study examines how regulatory measures are not only designed to enhance the quality of private higher education institutions, but also how they impact the efforts employed by private providers towards meeting quality assurance standards in the environment in which they are located. Using a qualitative me

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Law, Kwok-Sang. "Quality in vocational education for higher technicians in Hong Kong." Thesis, Durham University, 2001. http://etheses.dur.ac.uk/1666/.

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Tambi, Abdul Malek. "Total quality management in higher education : modelling critical success factors." Thesis, Sheffield Hallam University, 2000. http://shura.shu.ac.uk/20420/.

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The research is aimed at determining the extent of TQM implementations in higher education institutions in the United States, United Kingdom, and Malaysia, uncovering common TQM critical success factors among the institutions, developing a generic and holistic TQM model for higher education institutions that incorporates the factors, measuring the performance of those factors and their contribution towards organisational excellence, and developing a mechanism for improving them. The research was conducted in three stages: exploratory study, descriptive, and empirical research. The exploratory

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Kelso, Richard Scott. "Measuring undergraduate student perceptions of service quality in higher education." [Tampa, Fla] : University of South Florida, 2008. http://purl.fcla.edu/usf/dc/et/SFE0002507.

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Harewood, Wayne R. "Addressing the Crisis of African American Males in Community Colleges| The Impact of Leadership & Black Male Initiatives." Thesis, University of Maryland University College, 2014. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3609894.

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<p> The word "crisis" has been used to describe the impact of the current educational system (K-12) upon the lives of African American males. Black males are the group most likely to be negatively stereotyped, the most likely to drop out of K-12, the most likely to be harshly punished, and the most likely to be labeled as a trouble maker. "Social and incarceration problems of young dropouts are quite severe among all gender and race-ethnic groups but are frequently more severe among men and Blacks" (Sum, Khatiwada, Mclaughlin, & Palma 2009, para.16). It is up to community colleges to help

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