Integrity and Quality in Universities
Accountability, Excellence and Success
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20249145 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Onora O’neill (University of Cambridge, corresponding author), Onora O'Neill |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 4 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 109-117 |
| Publication date | 2015-02-04 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Humanities (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2076-0787 • E-ISSN: 2076-0787 |
| Publisher | MDPI AG (PUBLISHER • IT) |
| DOI | 10.3390/h4010109 |
| OpenAlex | W2077114963 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 3 |
The essay focuses on the tension between the integrity of a university’s ideal or mission (academic freedom, innovation, excellence in research and teaching) and approaches to accountability that are used to monitor performance and to establish criteria for university funding. The paper examines evaluation systems and the distorting effects of the incentives some of them create, especially when different metrics are combined in order to rank academic institutions. Such league tables prioritise comparative success rather than excellence, which is not a positional good. Yet better forms of accountability are possible. Some simple aspects of academic and educational achievements can be measured reasonably accurately and are less open to manipulation. These include hours of study, standards of writing, and the amount of feedback on written work received by students
Academic freedom · Accountability · Business · Economics · Excellence · Higher education · Incentive · League · Political science · Public relations · Reputation · Engineering · Higher Education Governance and Development · Law
| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,27 |
| Citation span | 2015 - 2017 (3) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |