Linda Suskie

Five Dimensions of Quality

Mitarbeit: Ikenberry, Stan

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Meet calls for increased quality and understand accreditation expectations
Author Linda Suskie is internationally recognized for her work in higher education assessment, and she is a former vice president of a major regional accreditor. In Five Dimensions of Quality: A Common Sense Guide to Accreditation and Accountability in Higher Education she provides a simple, straightforward model for understanding and meeting the calls for increased quality in higher education ever-present in today s culture. Whether your institution is seeking accreditation or not, the five dimensions she outlines will help you to identify ways to improve institutional quality and demonstrate that quality to constituents.

For those wading through the accreditation process, which has become more difficult in recent years due to increasing regulation and pressure for greater accountability, Suskie offers expert guidance on understanding the underlying principles of the expectations of accrediting bodies. Using the model presented here, which is much easier to understand than the sometimes complex resources provided by individual accrediting bodies, American colleges and universities can understand what they need to do to earn and maintain their regional accreditation as well as improve overall institutional quality for their students. You ll be able to:

Identify ways to improve institutional quality
Demonstrate the quality of your institution to internal and external constituents
Avoid wasting time and energy on misguided institutional processes to comply with accreditation requirements
By focusing on why colleges and universities should take particular actions rather than only on what those actions should be, Five Dimensions of Quality gives them the knowledge and strategies to prepare for a successful review. It is an ideal resource for leaders, accreditation committee members, and everyone on campus.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley & Sons
• 1. Auflage
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Oktober 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 621g
• ISBN-13: 9781118761571
• ISBN-10: 111876157X
• Artikelnr.: 40699288

Autorenporträt

LINDA SUSKIE is a bestselling author, speaker, trainer, and consultant on assessment and accreditation in higher education. She has served as vice president of the Middle States Commission on Higher Education, associate vice president for assessment and institutional research at Towson University, and director of the Assessment Forum of the American Association for Higher Education. She is the author of Assessing Student Learning from Jossey-Bass.

Inhaltsangabe

LIST OF TABLES AND EXHIBITS ix LIST OF JARGON ALERTS xi LIST OF ACRONYMS xv
FOREWORD xix PREFACE xxv ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xxxi ABOUT THE AUTHOR xxxiii
INTRODUCTION: Today's Quality Context 1 1. Why Is American Higher Education
Under Fire? 3 2. Understanding American Accreditation 11 3. Quality:
Committing to Excellence 25 4. Why Is This So Hard? 35 DIMENSION I: A
Culture of Relevance 49 5. Integrity: Doing the Right Thing 51 6.
Stewardship: Ensuring and Deploying Resources Responsibly 59 DIMENSION II:
A Culture of Community 75 7. A Community of People 77 8. Leadership
Capacity and Commitment 89 DIMENSION III: A Culture of Focus and Aspiration
97 9. Purpose: Who Are You? Why Do You Exist? 99 10. Goals and Plans: Where
Are You Going? How Will You Get There? 107 11. Who Is a Successful Student?
119 12. Helping Students Learn and Succeed 129 DIMENSION IV: A Culture of
Evidence 145 13. Gauging Success 147 14. Good Evidence Is Useful 161 15.
Setting and Justifying Targets for Success 167 16. Transparency: Sharing
Evidence Clearly and Readily 177 DIMENSION V: A Culture of Betterment 189
17. Using Evidence to Ensure and Advance Quality and Effectiveness 191 18.
Sustaining a Culture of Betterment 197 CONCLUSION: Integrating and
Advancing the Five Dimensions of Quality 209 19. Demonstrating Quality to
Accreditors 211 20. Program Reviews: Drilling Down into Programs and
Services 229 21. Where Do We Go from Here? A Six-Point Agenda for Ensuring
and Advancing Quality 239 REFERENCES 249 INDEX 265