A Culture for Academic Excellence: Implementing the Quality Principles in Higher Education. ASHE-ERIC Higher Education Report, Vol. 25, No. 1.

Autor/inn/en	Freed, Jann E.; und weitere
Institution	Association for the Study of Higher Education.; ERIC Clearinghouse on Higher Education, Washington, DC.; George Washington Univ., Washington, DC. Graduate School of Education and Human Development.
Titel	A Culture for Academic Excellence: Implementing the Quality Principles in Higher Education. ASHE-ERIC Higher Education Report, Vol. 25, No. 1.
Quelle	(1997), (200 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Reihe	ERIC Publications
Beigaben	Tabellen
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
ISSN	0884-0040
ISBN	1-878-380-73-7
Schlagwörter	Leitfaden; College Outcomes Assessment; Decision Making; Educational Quality; Efficiency; Excellence in Education; Higher Education; History; Leadership; Management Systems; Organizational Change; Organizational Climate; Organizational Development; Program Effectiveness; Quality Control; Self Evaluation (Groups); Teamwork; Total Quality Management + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung; Quality of education; Bildungsqualität; Effectiveness; Effektivität; Wirkungsgrad; Lernerfolg; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Geschichte; Geschichtsdarstellung; Führung; Führungsposition; Organisationswandel; Organisationsklima; Organisationsentwicklung; Qualitätskontrolle; Self evaluation; Group; Groups; Selbstevaluation; Gruppe (Soz); Quality management; Qualitätsmanagement
Abstract	This report provides a comprehensive review of quality principles in higher education and proposes that, when used holistically and systematically, the quality principles, also known as total quality management and continuous quality improvement, can create a culture for academic excellence. After an introduction, the first section explains the historical significance of the quality movement in relationship to business and industry. Next, the report defines quality as it relates to higher education institutions and then describes how the quality movement has evolved among postsecondary institutions. The components of an institutional culture are identified, ways to build a culture that supports the quality principles suggested, and each of the quality principles briefly explained. Stressed is the need for a change in thinking as a prerequisite to initiating the quality approach on a campus. The following eight sections present the eight principles or characteristics of effective organizations in detail. They are: (1) vision, mission, and outcomes driven; (2) systems dependent; (3) systematic individual development; (4) decisions based on fact; (5) delegation of decision making; (6) collaboration; (7) planning for change; and (8) creative and supportive leadership. The final section integrates lessons learned from practitioners committed to the quality principles. (Contains approximately 260 references.) (DB)
Anmerkungen	ERIC Clearinghouse on Higher Education, One Dupont Circle, Washington, DC 20036-1183 1-800-773-3742; fax: 202-452-1844 ($24).
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2004/1/01