[PDF] Public Policy For Academic Quality eBook

Author : David D. Dill
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 347 pages
File Size : 32,42 MB
Release : 2010-04-12
Category : Education
ISBN : 9048137543

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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 : David D Dill
Publisher : Springer
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 36,6 MB
Release : 2010-09-08
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ISBN : 9789048137596

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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 : Robert Kelchen
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 271 pages
File Size : 31,83 MB
Release : 2018-02-27
Category : Education
ISBN : 1421424738

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Beginning with the earliest efforts to regulate schools, the author reveals the rationale behind accountability and outlines the historical development of how US federal and state policies, accreditation practices, private-sector interests, and internal requirements have become so important to institutional success and survival

Author : Sally S. Lundblad
Publisher : IAP
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 23,96 MB
Release : 2005-05-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1607524872

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This handbook is for practitioners who lead public and private elementary schools, middle schools or high schools. While most school leaders are basically adept at public relations, this book serves as a reminder of the importance of good public relations and provides ready access to tools necessary to hone and refine public relations skills. In addition to important information about public relations, this handbook is replete with examples of good public relations practices.

Author : John Brennan
Publisher : Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 38,25 MB
Release : 1997
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781853024238

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This study addresses debates on academic standards and quality assurance from the perspectives of institutional leaders, national quality bodies and higher education researchers. It includes the results of studies of the impact of external quality assurance upon management and decision making.

Author : David H. Finifter
Publisher : Greenwood
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 29,96 MB
Release : 1991
Category : Education
ISBN :

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This book presents essays inspired by an October, 1988, conference on recent changes in the relationship between public policy and higher education. The essays appear in five sections, the first of which, titled "Looking Backward: The Historical Context of Public Policy and Higher Education," serves as a retrospective and prospective examination of the relationship between public policy and the higher education sector. The section contains three papers, by Francis Keppel, David Breneman and Maxine Greene, respectively. Section ii, "The Tenuous Connection: Public Policy and Higher Education Quality," addresses recent increases in federal and state funding of higher education and the attendant quality and accountability issues. Contributors to this section are Gordon Davies, Amy Gutmann, and Denis Doyle. Section iii, "The Goal of Diversity in Higher Education," explores the link between education and opportunity with contributions from Robert Zemsky, Reginald Wilson, Alan Ginsburg, and Maureen McLaughlin. Section iv, called "Budgetary Efficiency: The Federal and State Commitment in the Face of Severe Federal Budget Deficits" examines trends and conflicts related to recent cutbacks and looks at strategies for improving efficiency. Authors of the three papers in this section are Arthur Hauptman, Terry Hartle, and Walter McMahon. Section v, "Conclusion: Coping With the uneasy Triangle-The Tradeoff Continues," contains two final papers by Lawrence Gladieux and William Byron respectively. The text includes tables and charts. References follow some papers, and an index is provided. (Jb).

Author : Edward P. St. John
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 48,37 MB
Release : 2013
Category : Education
ISBN : 0415893569

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Amid changing economic and social contexts, radical changes have occurred in public higher education policies over the past three decades. Public Policy and Higher Educationprovides readers with new ways to analyze these complex state policies and offers the tools to examine how policies affect students’ access and success in college. Rather than arguing for a single approach, the authors examine how policymakers and higher education administrators can work to inform and influence change within systems of higher education using research-based evidence along with consideration of political and historical values and beliefs. Special Features: Case Studies—allow readers to examine strategies used by different types of colleges to improve access and retention. Reflective Exercises—encourage readers to discuss state and campus context for policy decisions and to think about the strategies used in a state or institution. Approachable Explanations—unpack complex public policies and financial strategies for readers who seek understanding of public policy in higher education. Research-Based Recommendations—explore how policymakers, higher education administrators and faculty can work together to improve quality, diversity, and financial stewardship. This textbook is an invaluable resource for graduate students, administrators, policymakers, and researchers who seek to learn more about the crucial contexts underlying policy decisions and college access.

Author : Randall G. Holcombe
Publisher : Praeger
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 23,48 MB
Release : 1995-01-24
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN :

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This volume argues that the virtues of the market system, private property, and freedom of exchange can be applied to enhance the quality of life. Although people recognize in the abstract that markets work better than government in allocating resources, government's presence in the economy increases as government intervenes to deal with different problems. This book shows how the market mechanism that has enhanced material well-being is better suited than government planning to improve the quality of life. After examining general principles guiding both market and government allocation of resources, the book then examines specific policy issues, including environmental protection, health care, regulation of product quality, and land use planning. The book first examines the general principles that guide both market and government allocation of resources to show why market mechanisms work better than government planning to enhance the quality of life. Then specific policy issues are examined to provide examples of how market forces can be harnessed to improve the quality of life. Some of those issues are environmental protection, health care, the regulation of product quality, and land use planning.

Author : Jeroen Huisman
Publisher : Springer
Page : 869 pages
File Size : 14,4 MB
Release : 2016-04-29
Category : Education
ISBN : 1137456175

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This state-of-the-art reference collection addresses the major themes, theories and key concepts related to higher education policy and governance on an international scale in one accessible volume. Mapping the field and showcasing current research and theorizations from diverse perspectives and authoritative scholars, this essential guide will assist readers in navigating the myriad concepts and themes involved in higher education policy and governance research and practice. Split into two sections, the first explores a range of policy concepts, theories and methods including governance models, policy instruments, institutionalism and organizational change, new public management and multi-level governance. The second section addresses salient themes such as institutional governance, funding, quality, employability, accountability, university rankings, widening participation, gender, inequalities, technology, student involvement and the role of higher education in society. Global in its perspective and definitive in content, this one-stop volume will be an indispensable reference resource for a wide range of academics, students and researchers in the fields of education, education policy, sociology, social and public policy, political science and for leadership.

Author : Don F. Westerheijden
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 267 pages
File Size : 38,21 MB
Release : 2007-09-04
Category : Education
ISBN : 1402060122

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By bringing together leading experts on quality assurance in higher education from seven countries (from Europe, the USA and South Africa), this volume intends to go several steps further than most publications on the same subject. Containing comprehensive discussion of the most relevant trends in quality assurance regulation, translation and transformation, researchers and policy makers will find an engaged, academic reflection on how quality assurance is embedded in higher education and in a dynamic way to assess its impacts and potential improvements.