Benchmarking and Threshold Standards in Higher Education (eBook, ePUB)

Redaktion: Armstrong, Michael; Smith, Helen; Brown, Sally

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The specification of standards in higher education has long been the subject of international debate. This text covers the rationales, operational issues and perspectives on benchmarking and standards from international viewpoints.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 306
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Mai 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781135374570
• Artikelnr.: 41065702

Autorenporträt

Helen (University of Northumbria) Smith, Michael (University of Northumbria) Armstrong, Sally (Director Members Services Institute of Learning and Teaching) Brown

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction; I: A Rationale for Benchmarking and Threshold Standards; 1:
Historical and Contextual Perspectives on Benchmarking in Higher Education;
2: How Can Threshold Standards Assure and Enhance Quality?; 3: Benchmarking
Theory - A Framework for the Business World as a Context for its
Application in Higher Education; 4: Benchmarks and Templates - Some Notes
and Queries from a Sceptic; II: Operational Issues for Benchmarking and
Threshold Standards in Higher Education; 5: Describing Higher Education -
Some Conflicts and Conclusions; 6: Institutional Comparisons - Reality or
Illusion?; 7: Benchmarking Across Subjects in an Institution; 8: The
Business Approach to Benchmarking - An Exploration of the Issues as a
Background for Its Use in Higher Education; III: UK Perspectives in the
Development and Use of Benchmarks and Threshold Standards; 9: UK
Experiences in the Development of Benchmarking and Threshold Standards; 10:
Benchmarking in law; 11: Collaborative Accreditation - Benchmarking in a
Professional and Academic Partnership to Recognize Programmes of Continuing
Professional Development - a Case Study; 12: Benchmarking, Assessment and
the Multidisciplinary Curriculum; 13: Towards Multidisciplinary
Benchmarking; IV: International Perspectives in the Development and Use of
Benchmarks and Threshold Standards; 14: International Benchmarking - Fact
or Fantasy?; 15: The United States' Perspective on, and Experiences of,
Performance Indicators and Threshold Standards - How is Quality
Determined?; 16: Assuring Standards in New Zealand's Universities; 17:
Benchmarks and Threshold Standards -A New Zealand Polytechnic's Perspective
on the Approach; 18: Approaches to Degree Standards and Quality Assurance
in Post-apartheid South African Higher Education-Comparative Perspectives;
19: How Can Benchmarking Work to Best Effect in Higher Education?