The Quality Imperative: Match Ambitious Goals for College Attainment with an Ambitious Vision for Learning

Titel	The Quality Imperative: Match Ambitious Goals for College Attainment with an Ambitious Vision for Learning
Quelle	In: Liberal Education, 96 (2010) 1, S.30-35 (6 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0024-1822
Schlagwörter	Higher Education; Educational Objectives; Educational Attainment; Educational Quality; Educational Principles; Educational Policy; Outcomes of Education; Labor Force Development; Education Work Relationship; Position Papers; Organizations (Groups); Institutional Mission; Guidelines; Definitions; Liberal Arts; General Education + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Educational objective; Bildungsziel; Erziehungsziel; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Quality of education; Bildungsqualität; Bildungsprinzip; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Lernleistung; Schulerfolg; Arbeitskräftebestand; Positionspapier; Richtlinien; Begriffsbestimmung; Allgemein bildendes Schulwesen; Allgemeinbildung
Abstract	"The Quality Imperative" was approved by the Board of Directors of the Association of American Colleges and Universities in December 2009. This statement focuses on the core issue of educational quality. Both employers and educators know that the higher education quality shortfall is just as urgent as the attainment shortfall. Today's employers want higher education to place significantly more emphasis on a set of outcomes that range from writing to complex problem solving to ethical decision making, science and global learning, intercultural competence, and the ability to apply learning to real-world challenges. Public policy cannot simply assume that program completion and high-level student achievement on key learning outcomes are one and the same. Access and completion are necessary but far from sufficient. To regain its position as a world leader, the United States now must work both to increase degree attainment and to improve significantly the breadth, level, and quality of students' actual learning. Quality must become the centerpiece of this nation's intended investments in postsecondary attainment. (Contains 2 figures and 6 notes.) (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10