Quality in the Undergraduate Experience

Quality in the Undergraduate Experience

What Is It? How Is It Measured? Who Decides? Summary of a Workshop

  • Autor: Rudin, Thomas; Dahlberg, Maria Lund; Matchett, Karin
  • Editor: National Academies Press
  • ISBN: 9780309443012
  • eISBN Pdf: 9780309443029
  • eISBN Epub: 9780309443043
  • Lloc de publicació:  United States
  • Any de publicació digital: 2016
  • Mes: Juny
  • Pàgines: 99
  • DDC: 378
  • Idioma: Anglés

Students, parents, and government agencies need as much information as possible about the outcomes of the higher education experience and the extent to which they can expect a fair return on their investment in higher education.In order to better understand the concept of quality - enabling students to acquire knowledge in a variety of disciplines and deep knowledge in at least one discipline, as well as to develop a range of skills and habits of mind that prepare them for career success, engaged citizenship, intercultural competence, social responsibility, and continued intellectual growth - an ad hoc planning committee of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Board on Higher Education and Workforce, with funding from the Lumina Foundation, organized a workshop in Washington, D.C., on December 14-15, 2015.This report summarizes the presentations and discussion of that event.

  • Cover
  • Front Matter
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Defining Quality
  • 3 Improving Quality
  • 4 Measuring and Communicating Quality
  • 5 Suggested Actions
  • Appendixes
  • Appendix A: Workshop Agenda
  • Appendix B: Quality in the Undergraduate Experience - A Discussion Document
  • Appendix C: Defining and Measuring Institutional Quality in Higher Education
  • Appendix D: Planning Committee and Staff Biographies

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