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Quality and accountability in higher education : improving policy, enhancing performance / E. Grady Bogue and Kimberely Bingham Hall.
Van Pelt Library LB2806.22 .B637 2003
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bogue, E. Grady (Ernest Grady), 1935-2013.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Educational accountability--United States.
- Educational accountability.
- United States.
- Education, Higher--United States--Evaluation.
- Education, Higher.
- Evaluation.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 269 pages ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2003.
- Contents:
- 1. Introduction: Defining Academic Quality 1
- 2. Accreditation: The Test of Mission Achievement 20
- 3. College Rankings and Ratings: The Test of Reputation 51
- 4. Follow-up Studies: The Test of Client Satisfaction 76
- 5. Licensure: The Test of Professional Standards 97
- 6. Academic Program Reviews and Audits: The Test of Peer Review 111
- 7. College Outcomes: The Test of Results 134
- 8. Total Quality Management: The Test of Continuous Improvement 163
- 9. Performance Indicators and Performance Funding: Systems of Accountability 186
- 10. Beyond Systems: Moral Outrage and Other Servants of Quality 215
- 11. Improvement versus Stewardship: Reconciling Civic and Collegiate Accountability Cultures 224
- 12. Decision and Discovery: Developing a Strategic Vision of Academic Quality 238.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0897898834
- OCLC:
- 50235069
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