RDHE 705 - Quality Assurance and Accountability in Higher Education

3 hours.
3 Credits

This course, a unique requirement among other Ph.D. in Higher Education preparation programs in the United States, provides through a modified Web-based format an overview of the practices and modalities in higher education related to quality assurance and accountability. It acquaints students as well with common used definitions of quality assurance, and it provides an in-depth review of best practices in accreditation, assessment (student achievement and institutional effectiveness), including such topics as TQM, CQI, and Benchmarking.