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ASQ Higher Education Brief
The October 2009 issue of ASQ Higher Education Brief focuses on global quality education. We welcome your opinions about this newsletter. Feel free to share them with us or with other members.
Editorial: Look to your Global Neighbor for Ideas
Manufacturing and service industries are going global. Why shouldn’t education? Read More (registration required)
Engineering Graduates’ Generic Skills: Issues and Solutions
One university strives to teach engineering students problem-solving and communication skills. Read More (registration required)
Quality and Education in Taiwan
The Ministry of Education works to improve the Taiwanese education system by encouraging ISO 9000 certification and self-evaluation systems. Read More (registration required)
Developing a New Total Quality Engineering Degree Program
The City University of Hong Kong has developed a TQE degree to help fulfill the need for multi-skilled engineering professionals. Read More (registration required)
eLearning: A Cure to the Middle East’s Higher Education Problems
An e-university was created in Dubai to alleviate higher education challenges the Middle East faces. Read More (registration required)
Quality Research, Education in Asia
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology professor Fugee Tsung has a quality lab website that aims to provide training, consulting service and scholarly research in manufacturing and service process control, as well as quality improvement. It also promotes statistical quality and Six Sigma techniques to advance manufacturing and service operations in greater China. Learn more
More from Education Division
The ASQ Education Division’s QED News from Winter 2009 contains articles on quality and global higher education, including:
- “Engineering Education Column: Global Competition for Ph.D. Engineering Students,” by Cindy Veenstra, Higher Education Brief advising editor.
- “International Quality Assurance Efforts in Higher Education: There Is a Link With What Is Happening Here in the USA,” by Fernando F. Padró, Cambridge College.
Read the entire issue of QED News.
Looking for More?
Here are some additional resources on higher education and quality assurance relevant to specific parts of the world:
- International Network for Quality Assurance Agencies in Higher Education (INQAAHE), a worldwide association of some 200 organizations active in the theory and practice of quality assurance in higher education.
- European Association for Quality Assurance in Higher Education (ENQA) disseminates information, experiences and good practices related to quality assurance (QA) in higher education to European QA agencies, public authorities and higher education institutions.
- Australian Universities Quality Agency (AUQA), an independent, not-for-profit national agency that promotes, audits and reports on quality assurance in Australian higher education.
- National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) is an autonomous body established by the University Grants Commission of India that assesses and accredits institutions of higher education in the country.
IHEP Report
“Global Policy Fellows Program: Lessons Learned” is a report from the Institute for Higher Education Policy (IHEP) that addresses challenges affecting higher education, such as a lack of capacity to analyze issues and recommend changes to existing policies or new programs altogether. Read more
The Bologna Process
This report, “The Bologna Process for U.S. Eyes: Relearning Higher Education in the Age of Convergence,” provides an account and analysis of what European higher education authorities, academic leaders, faculty and students have accomplished and learned during the first decade of their efforts with accreditation. Read more
The Booming Business of International Education
This Chronicle of Higher Education article describes the business side of studying abroad and of global educators. Read more
Check out on the Edge of Chaos: Leading Schools into the Global Age, second edition, by Karolyn J. Snyder, Michele Acker-Hocevar and Kristen M. Snyder
Of Interest
New Publication: Call for Papers
Special Training and Book Offer
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Quality in Higher Education Blog by John Dew
Quality Progress Education Articles
Events
- Baldrige Self-Assessment for Higher Education
March 1–2, 2010
Las Vegas - World Conference on Quality and Improvement
May 24–26, 2010
St. Louis
ASQ Higher Education Brief Contacts
Cindy Veenstra, Ph.D., Advising Editor
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