Benchmarking and Threshold Standards in Higher Education

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

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

First Published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 308
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Januar 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 599g
• ISBN-13: 9781138160057
• ISBN-10: 1138160059
• Artikelnr.: 69949357

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?