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Achieving accountability in higher education : balancing public, academic, and market demands / Joseph C. Burke and associates.

By: Burke, Joseph C
Material type: TextTextSeries: Jossey-Bass higher and adult education series: Publisher: San Francisco : Jossey-Bass, 2005Edition: First editionDescription: xxix, 369 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0787972428 (alk. paper)Subject(s): Educational accountability -- United States | Education, Higher -- United States -- EvaluationDDC classification: 379.1/58 LOC classification: LB2806.22 | .B87 2005Bibliography, Etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-347) and indexes.
Contents:
The many faces of accountability / Joseph C. Burke -- Accountability and the private sector : state and federal perspectives / William M. Zumeta -- Accountability and governance / Richard C. Richardson Jr., Thomas R. Smalling -- Accountability and accreditation : can reforms match increasing demands? / Ralph A. Wolff -- Can assessment serve accountability? It depends on the question / Peter T. Ewell -- Standardized testing and accountability : finding the way and the will / T. Dary Erwin -- Imagine asking the client : using student and alumni surveys for accountability in higher education / George D. Kuh -- Academic audit for accountability and improvement / William F. Massy -- State-by-state report cards : public purposes and accountability for a new century / Patrick M. Callan, Joni E. Finney -- Reinventing accountability : from bureaucratic rules to performance results / Joseph C. Burke -- Resources and reputation in higher education : double, double, toil and trouble / J. Fredericks Volkwein, Stephen D. Grunig -- The dog that doesn't bark : why markets neither limit prices nor promote educational quality / Robert M. Zemsky -- The three corners of the accountability triangle : serving all, submitting to none / Joseph C. Burke.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-347) and indexes.

The many faces of accountability / Joseph C. Burke -- Accountability and the private sector : state and federal perspectives / William M. Zumeta -- Accountability and governance / Richard C. Richardson Jr., Thomas R. Smalling -- Accountability and accreditation : can reforms match increasing demands? / Ralph A. Wolff -- Can assessment serve accountability? It depends on the question / Peter T. Ewell -- Standardized testing and accountability : finding the way and the will / T. Dary Erwin -- Imagine asking the client : using student and alumni surveys for accountability in higher education / George D. Kuh -- Academic audit for accountability and improvement / William F. Massy -- State-by-state report cards : public purposes and accountability for a new century / Patrick M. Callan, Joni E. Finney -- Reinventing accountability : from bureaucratic rules to performance results / Joseph C. Burke -- Resources and reputation in higher education : double, double, toil and trouble / J. Fredericks Volkwein, Stephen D. Grunig -- The dog that doesn't bark : why markets neither limit prices nor promote educational quality / Robert M. Zemsky -- The three corners of the accountability triangle : serving all, submitting to none / Joseph C. Burke.

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