Benchmarking And Threshold Standards In Higher Education

The specification of standards in higher education has long been the subject of international debate. This text covers the rationales, operational issues and perspectives on benchmarking and standards from international viewpoints.

The Specification Of Standards In Higher Education Has Recently Been The Subject Of Intensive Interntaional Debate. At Issue Are The Ways In Which Stakeholders In Higher Education - Students, Academics, Educational Managers And Funding Providers- Can Be Reliably And Clearly Informed About What Is Being Provided By Those Who Develop And Deliver The Curriculum.

The specification of standards in higher education has long been the subject of international debate. This text covers the rationales, operational issues and perspectives on benchmarking and standards from international viewpoints.

This volume describes a range of experiences of internal audit in higher education institutions from the UK, USA, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and Germany. It presents approaches to best practice designed to enable readers to assess and develop their own audit procedures.

"Benchmarking for Higher Education provides an holistic view of the application of benchmarking. It uses case studies and system-wide reviews to show how benchmarking is being used by universities and colleges, and by subject and functional communities, in the UK and in other higher education systems, to aid self-regulation and self-improvement. The book is an important resource for academic and non-academic managers in higher education."--Jacket

The project on benchmarking higher education system performance provides a comprehensive and empirically rich review of the higher education landscape across OECD countries, taking stock of how well they are performing in meeting their education, research and engagement responsibilities.

Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- List of contributors -- List of figures -- List of tables -- Introduction -- PART 1 Context and positioning -- 1 Locating universities in a globalising world -- 2 The functions of strategic planning -- 3 Developing institutional strategy -- PART 2 Integrated planning -- 4 The planning cycle - a strategic conversation -- 5 Student number planning -- 6 Generating a research strategy for sustained success and growth -- PART 3 Centrality, co-ordination and connection -- 7 Leadership, governance and decision-making -- 8 Risk management -- 9 Finance, resource allocation and income forecasting -- PART 4 Analytical capacity and capability -- 10 Data capability across the information landscape -- 11 Business intelligence and analytics -- PART 5 Insight and information -- 12 Indicators for measuring and managing performance -- 13 Benchmarking and rankings -- 14 Responsible metrics -- Index