Achieving Accountability in Higher Education

Balancing Public, Academic, and Market Demands
Herausgeber: Burke, Joseph C

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

In an era and economy driven by knowledge and information, accountability becomes of ever increasing importance. With contributions from leading experts in the field, this comprehensive and timely book presents the principles and guidelines for effective accountability for states, colleges, and universities. Achieving Accountability in Higher Education clarifies the concept of accountability for both public and private colleges and universities and explores its reaches and limits. The book examines the most recent developments, offers current models for each of the major approaches to accountability, and analyzes their shortcomings. Achieving Accountability in Higher Education is filled with a wealth of information, models, and suggestions and * Presents the "Accountability Triangle"--balancing state priorities, academic concerns, and market forces * Describes state and federal policies, system designs, and funding strategies * Outlines the current state and future prospects of the major approaches to accountability * Examines the pressures on accreditors to hold campuses and programs responsible for performance results * Explains the value of student and alumni survey information for policymakers * Details the weaknesses and possibilities of standardized tests of student learning * Explores the development of credible and comparable methods for assessing and auditing student learning * Describes the current problems and possibilities of performance reporting, budgeting, and funding * Assesses the impact of student markets and national ratings on quality and price in higher education Achieving Accountability in Higher Education is an important resource that identifies the delicate balance between accountability and autonomy that allows the academy to simultaneously serve and scrutinize society.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley
• Seitenzahl: 400
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Oktober 2004
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 26mm
• Gewicht: 730g
• ISBN-13: 9780787972424
• ISBN-10: 0787972428
• Artikelnr.: 13067331

Autorenporträt

Joseph C. Burke-professor, administrator, and researcher-is director of  the Public Higher Education Program and senior fellow at the Rockefeller Institute of Government. 

Inhaltsangabe

Preface ix
The Editor xxi
The Contributors xxiii
1 The Many Faces of Accountability 1
Joseph C. Burke
2 Accountability and the Private Sector: State and Federal Perspectives 25
William M. Zumeta
3 Accountability and Governance 55
Richard C. Richardson Jr., Thomas R. Smalling
4 Accountability and Accreditation: Can Reforms Match Increasing Demands?
78
Ralph A. Wolff
5 Can Assessment Serve Accountability? It Depends on the Question 104
Peter T. Ewell
6 Standardized Testing and Accountability: Finding the Way and the Will 125
T. Dary Erwin
7 Imagine Asking the Client: Using Student and Alumni Surveys for
Accountability in Higher Education 148
George D. Kuh
8 Academic Audit for Accountability and Improvement 173
William F. Massy
9 State-by-State Report Cards: Public Purposes and Accountability for a New
Century 198
Patrick M. Callan, Joni E. Finney
10 Reinventing Accountability: From Bureaucratic Rules to Performance
Results 216
Joseph C. Burke
11 Resources and Reputation in Higher Education: Double, Double, Toil and
Trouble 246
J. Fredericks Volkwein, Stephen D. Grunig
12 The Dog That Doesn't Bark: Why Markets Neither Limit Prices nor Promote
Educational Quality 275
Robert M. Zemsky
13 The Three Corners of the Accountability Triangle: Serving All,
Submitting to None 296
Joseph C. Burke
References 325
Name Index 349
Subject Index 355