Toward Quality Assurance and Excellence in Higher Education
- 490 pages
- English
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Toward Quality Assurance and Excellence in Higher Education
About this book
Quality Assurance is not a new concept in the education sector in general, and higher education in particular, though it is becoming increasingly more relevant and important. Higher education helps to improve an individual's quality of life by enabling them to increase their knowledge and expertise, to grasp abstract concepts and theories, and to raise their awareness of the world and their community, and as such the assurance of quality is becoming more pivotal in the whole education process. There is no simple definition of the concept of quality in education, though numerous models and theories have been devised. Toward Quality Assurance and Excellence of Higher Education is part of a new phase of the perception of quality assurance in higher education, which identifies the quality culture and orientation from the beginning, integrating crucial factors to build a "pyramid" of higher education excellence. The book compares concepts from the main theories of Quality Assurance, management and control when they are applied to educational systems in higher education. The book also presents a new model of excellence in higher education. Excellence is an architecture of building blocks that includes process performance, effectiveness, harmony and collaboration, and these blocks should be incorporated in a quality-oriented concept for sustainable excellence of higher education. The model integrates four main facets: the Educational System, Quality Assurance Managing and Control, Strategic Planning and Globalization. Also presented are international "best-practices" in quality assurance in higher education, from Japan and Finland.
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Table of contents
- Front Cover
- Half Title Page
- RIVER PUBLISHERS SERIES IN INNOVATION AND CHANGE IN EDUCATION - CROSS-CULTURAL PERSPECTIVE
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgment
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- List of Abbreviations
- Chapter 1 - Concept of Higher Education, Quality Assurance, and E-learning
- Chapter 2 - The Role of Higher Education (Quality Assurance-based System) in Promoting Lifelong Learning
- Chapter 3 - Quality-oriented Strategic Planning for Higher Education
- Chapter 4 - Quality Assurance Management and Control
- Chapter 5 - Quality Assurance for Universities
- Chapter 6 - Quality Assurance Piloting the E-Learning Sector
- Chapter 7 - TeachingāLearning Process and Quality Assurance in Higher Education
- Chapter 8 - Assessments in a Quality Assurance Suit
- Chapter 9 - Quality-oriented Learning Resources
- Chapter 10 - Crystalize the Bond between University Ranking Systems and University Quality Assurance Systems
- Chapter 11 - Toward Excellence of Higher Education
- Chapter 12 - Quality Assurance for Higher Education in Japan
- Chapter 13 - Quality Assurance for Higher Education in Finland
- Index
- About the Authors
- Back Cover