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Dimensions of Evaluation in Higher Education
Report of the IHME Study Group on Evaluationin Higher Education
Urban Dahlloff, John Harris, Michael Shattock and Andre Staropoli
This book addresses primary issues in evaluation in an international, a national and a long term perspective. The essays demonstrate that arguments about the nature and techniques of evaluation must entail far broader considerations than those often promoted by policy makers. Learn More1991, 160pp -
The Use of Performance Indicators in Higher Education
The Challenge of the Quality Movement Third Edition
Martin Cave, Stephen Hanney, Mary Henkel and Maurice Kogan
The book has been thoroughly revised to take account of the most recent developments in the practice, literature and potential use of performance indicators. Particular attention is paid to recent developments in the polytechnics and colleges. It includes a survey of the literature developed in the USA, the United Kingdom and other OECD countries. Learn More1996, 160pp -
Changing Relationships Between Higher Education and the State
Edited by Mary Henkel and Brenda Little
Examining the patterns of change in relationships between higher education systems and the state throughout Europe, the contributors explore the main theoretical and policy options available to policymakers, and the issues they raise for governments, institutions and academics. Learn More1998, 320pp -
Adaptive University Structures
An Analysis of Adaptation to Socioeconomic Environments of US and European Universities
Barbara Sporn
This book examines adaptability in universities in Europe and the US, drawing out the lessons learnt for policy makers and managers to develop such structures, and help their institutions survive change. It looks at three US universities identified as adaptive and three European institutions which are trying to improve their adaptive capacity. Learn More1999, 280pp -
Reforming Higher Education
Maurice Kogan and Stephen Hanney
Examining the relationship between higher education policy and the state, this book focuses on the ways in which the changing concepts of the nature of the state and its role have had an impact on the development of higher education policy in the last thirty years. Learn More1999, Paperback / softback, 8.98in x 5.98in / 228mm x 152mm, 250pp, AU$79.00ISBN: 978-1-85302-715-41999, Ebook, PDF, 250pp, AU$79.00ISBN: 978-0-85700-130-6 -
Assessment in Higher Education
Student Learning, Teaching, Programmes and Institutions
John Heywood
This book examines not only the assessment of student learning but the assessment of institutions, the programmes they offer, and the teaching they provide. It describes in detail the significant developments that have taken place over the last decade in the field, and clarifies the different meanings of the term assessment that are now in use. Learn More2000, 320pp