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Measuring the value of a postsecondary education / edited by Ken Norrie and Mary Catharine Lennon.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Norrie, Ken, Author.
- Series:
- Queen's policy studies.
- Queen's Policy Studies Series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Education, Higher--Evaluation--Congresses.
- Education, Higher.
- Education, Higher--Research--Congresses.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (173 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Montreal, [Quebec] : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2013.
- Summary:
- A comprehensive study of higher education practices and outcomes.
- Contents:
- Introduction and Overview / Ken Norrie and Mary Catharine Lennon
- Section I Redefining Educational Quality. Chapter 1 Modernization of Higher Education Programs in Europe: Student-Centred and Learning Outcomes-Based / Robert Wagenaar
- Chapter 2 Increasing Attainment in the United States: Quality is about Learning - What Students Know, Understand and Are Able to Do / Holiday Hart McKiernan
- Chapter 3 Standards-based Accountability in Higher Education in Australia / Michael Gallagher
- Chapter 4 The Value of Learning Outcomes: A Canadian Perspective / Virginia Hatchette
- Section II Approaches to Measurement. Chapter 5 Assessing and Improving Student Learning and Educational Quality / Jillian Kinzie
- Chapter 6 Teach, Learn, Assess / Roger Benjamin
- Chapter 7 OECD Assessment of Higher Education Learning Outcomes (AHELO): Rationale, Challenges and Initial Insights from the Feasibility Study / Diane Lalancette
- Section III Bringing About Change. Chapter 8 An Influence Pathway: Leadership to Culture to Practice to Outcomes / Lorne Whitehead
- Chapter 9 Gauging Impact: Connecting Student Assessment-as-Learning with Programs and Institutional Assessment / Jeana M. Abromeit
- Invited Address
- Chapter 10 Education, Learning, and Measuring the Right Things / Ken Dryden.
- Notes:
- "Selected conference papers."
- Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-55339-510-7
- 1-55339-511-5
- OCLC:
- 951830156
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