Academic Staff Views on External Quality Audit: Post Audit Evaluation in a Private Higher Education College

Autor/inn/en	Shah, Mahsood; Nair, Chenicheri Sid; Stanford, Sue-Ann
Titel	Academic Staff Views on External Quality Audit: Post Audit Evaluation in a Private Higher Education College
Quelle	In: Journal of Institutional Research, 16 (2011) 1, S.91-99 (9 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1443-2110
Schlagwörter	Private Colleges; Teacher Attitudes; Audits (Verification); Institutional Research; Quality Assurance; Quality Control; Teacher Surveys; College Faculty; Likert Scales; Educational Practices; Foreign Countries; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Privathochschule; Lehrerverhalten; Institutionelle Forschung; Qualitätssicherung; Qualitätskontrolle; Fakultät; Likert-Skala; Bildungspraxis; Ausland; Australien
Abstract	Governments in many countries have funded independent agencies to undertake quality audits of higher education institutions. Such agencies ensure that universities and other higher education providers have effective systems and processes to assure quality assurance in core and support areas. While external quality audits have been in place for a decade in Australia, there is limited research on academic staff views on external quality audit in universities and private higher education providers. This article outlines the views of 40 academic staff in a private higher education college who were directly involved in the external quality audit. A survey was undertaken immediately after the external quality audit to collect the views of academic staff on various aspects of the audit including; self-assessment, audit preparations strategy, communication and staff engagement, and the external quality audit process itself. The authors argue that external quality audit, if effectively managed, could be the driver for change and improvement in quality assurance in a small college. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01