Caribbean quality culture : persistent commitment to improving higher education / edited by Sandra Ingrid Gift.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gift, Sandra Ingrid, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Total quality management in higher education--Caribbean Area.

Total quality management in higher education.

Caribbean Area.

Physical Description:

xix, 478 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Jamaica : The University of the West Indies Press, [2021]

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. Contextualizing Caribbean Higher Education Quality Culture / Sandra Ingrid Gift

pt. 1 Governance

2. From UWI to The UWI System: Quality in Global Context / Hilary McD. Beckles

3. A Triad for Quality Improvement? Quality Improvement, Leadership and Ethics among Higher Education Administrators in Jamaica / Anna Kasafi Perkins

4. Financial Challenges in Providing Quality Higher Education in the Caribbean / Compton Bourne

5. A View of Stakeholder Engagement and Strategic Planning: A Case Study of The University of the West Indies / Halima-Sa'adia Kassim

6. How Quality Positively Impacts Alumni Cultivation and Engagement: A Regional Perspective / Celia Davidson Francis

pt. 2 Curriculum and Teaching and Learning

7. Curriculum Development and Review / Margo Burns

8. Continuous Improvement in the Online Learning Environment: Some Lessons from The University of the West Indies / Pamela C. Dottin

9. Enhancing Postgraduate Culture / Elizabeth Walcott-Hackshaw

10. Foreign Language Education: The Role of the Centre for Language Learning / Beverly-Anne Carter

11. Community Engagement and Service-Learning in Caribbean Higher Education Institutions / Shilohna K. Phillanders

12. Continuous Quality Improvement of Graduate Employability: Internships and a UWI Cave Hill Case of Work in Progress / Kay Hinds-Thompson

pt. 3 Continuous Quality Improvement Processes

13. The UWI Quality Policy: Towards a Quality Policy in Action / June Wheatley-Holness

14. A Critical Review of Strategic Quality Improvement Practices in Caribbean Higher Education Institutions / Eduardo Raoul Ali

15. A Process Approach to Continuous Improvement at The University of the West Indies, St Augustine Campus / Kristen Cockburn

16. Student Feedback and Continuous Quality Improvement at The University of the West Indies, St Augustine Campus / Raynata A. Wiggins

pt. 4 External Quality Assurance

17. The Role of the University Council of Jamaica in Supporting Continuous Quality Improvement among Higher Education Institutions / Jessica S. Dunn

18. Two Decades of Accreditation Experience at the University of Curacao: Examining Quality Assurance and Accreditation Efforts of the University's Programmes / Sharine A. Isabella

19. Programme Accreditation and Continuous Quality Improvement in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering / Fasil Muddeen

20. Institutional Accreditation at The University of the West Indies / Jonas I. Addae

pt. 5 The Way Forward

21. Curriculum Renewal for Sustainable Development in the Caribbean / Dianne Thurab-Nkhosi

22. Editing the Blueprint: Towards Universally Recognized Caribbean Research Impact Metrics / Tennille Fanovich

23. Continuous Quality Improvement of Recognition Policies and Practices: The Case of the Accreditation Council of Trinidad and Tobago / Ronald Brunton.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9766408394

9789766408398

OCLC:

1257550083