Accounting for Diverse Missions: Can Classification Systems Contribute to Meaningful Assessments of Institutional Performance?

Autor/inn/en	Borden, Victor M. H.; McCormick, Alexander C.
Titel	Accounting for Diverse Missions: Can Classification Systems Contribute to Meaningful Assessments of Institutional Performance?
Quelle	In: Tertiary Education and Management, 26 (2020) 3, S.255-264 (10 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Borden, Victor M. H.)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1358-3883
DOI	10.1007/s11233-019-09045-w
Schlagwörter	Classification; Institutional Mission; Institutional Evaluation; Higher Education; Differences; Institutional Characteristics + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Classification system; Klassifikation; Klassifikationssystem; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Unterscheiden
Abstract	Although they have been developed for a variety of purposes, classification systems for tertiary or postsecondary education institutions offer a foundation for recognizing diverse institutional missions in policy, research, and practice. Diverse missions, in turn, are important to achieving broad societal goals of educating an increasingly diverse array of learners, contributing to scientific, technological and professional development, and addressing increasingly complex social issues in an increasingly interconnected global community. After reviewing the purposes and consequences, intended and unintended, of several popular classifications, this article addresses the potential for current or future classification systems to promote and support institutional differentiation. Specifically, we consider how appropriately designed classifications can properly recognize mission differentiation and assess the future prospects for contextualizing performance and accountability assessments through the lens of classification. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01