Defining Quality
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11627235 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Lee Harvey (Bournville College), Diana Green (Bournville College) |
| Year | 1993 |
| Volume | 18 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 9-34 |
| Publication date | 1993-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0260-2938 • E-ISSN: 1469-297X |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/0260293930180102 |
| OpenAlex | W4210989164 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 166 |
| References cited | 18 |
This paper addresses the nature of the concept of quality in relation to higher education. It analyses ways of thinking about quality, considers their relevance to higher education, explores their interrelationships and examines their philosophical and political underpinnings. The relative nature of quality is examined. First, quality means different things to different people. Second, quality is relative to ‘processes’ or ‘outcomes’. The widely differing conceptualisations of quality are grouped into five discrete but interrelated categories. Quality can be viewed as exception, as perfection, as fitness for purpose, as value for money and as transformative. Determining criteria for assessing quality in higher education requires an understanding of different conceptions of quality that inform the preferences of stakeholders
Epistemology · Higher education · Pedagogy · Perfection · Political science · Politics · Quality (philosophy · Relation (database · Relevance (law · Sociology · Transformative learning · Value (mathematics · Computer Science · Contemporary Sociological Theory and Practice · Higher Education Governance and Development · Pragmatism in Philosophy and Education · Psychology · Social Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 166 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 5,19 |
| Citation span | 1994 - 2026 (33) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | Yes |
| Citation types | Neutral: 166 |