...Wolfram Elsner; Frederic S. Lee; Arturo Hermann Purpose The purpose of this paper is to outline the system of assessment of economics journals in Italy, with particular attention to its implications for the development of a heterodox approach in economics. Design/methodology/approach...

... are some of the key policy questions about accountability, assessment, and testing in higher education? Where may we be heading nationally if this momentum continues? Today, accountability and assessment have become prominent topics of institutional and public discussion. Serious critiques like Bok's...

... quality higher education we can achieve in America. Higher education Management accountability Assessment In essence, Secretary Spellings did what education secretaries are supposed to do: she pushed higher education higher on the nation's agenda, she stimulated a cauldron of healthy...

... in their capacities. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2008 Higher education Management accountability Assessment Learning Technology In the opening article for this issue of On the Horizon, Geri Malandra challenges those inside and outside institutions of higher education to work...

... at every level of the endeavor: intellectual, pedagogical, administrative, and political. Education Learning Strategic planning Assessment In the last decade, a new product began to roll down the information superhighway for delivery to the groves of academe: the online course. Immediately...

... be contacted at: robert.whittaker@lehman.cuny.edu © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2007 Learning Distance learning Assessment Lehman College offered its first online asynchronous course in the spring semester 1997: Introduction to Geography, GEH101, by email. Today, in this 2006‐2007...

... that are grounded in and develop from a sound pedagogical base. Higher education Assessment Technology led strategy Israel Dyson Freeman (1998) , one of the prominent physicists and thinkers of the late twentieth century, developed the concept of the “tool‐paradigm”, which he uses to emphasize...

...David Shupe; Lynn Priddy Purpose The aim of this paper is to describe how academic institutions that focus improvement of student learning do much better than those that focus on compliance and assessment. Design/methodology/approach A reflective observation of institutional...

... and an independent academic R&D firm, has provided a laboratory for iteratively creating and testing new academic processes and supporting technologies. Findings Five essential elements of outcomes assessment, when incorporated into a system‐supported academic process, can enable an institution...

...David Shupe; Bob Ferguson Purpose The purpose of this paper is to identify approaches that have worked well into gaining faculty support and administration support for institutional attention to assessment and learning outcomes Design/methodology/approach Reflection on ten years...

... and providing feedback in real time. Design/methodology/approach The paper describes how, unlike more conventional users of eLumen Achievement, Kirkwood Community College chose both to engage students in outcomes assessment and to take advantage of the latest technologies. Findings...

...David Shupe; Michele C. Kieke; Karen Moroz; Amy S. Gort Purpose The purpose of this paper is to describe the way(s) in which the introduction of systematic outcomes assessment throughout a university has begun to transform its academic culture. Design/methodology/approach...

...Deborah M. Hill; Geoff Irvine Accreditation encourages the examination of programs as to whether they make sense as a whole and if students are well prepared for the world of work. Current accreditation is directed toward the assessment of learning and the assessment for learning. What...

... driving the unequal distribution of global opportunity. To this end, the article proposes developing personal capital through role evolution, rehearsal, and assessment processes supported by “virtual” selves. © MCB UP Limited 2002 Innovation Performance Organizational change Assessment...

...’ technology integration abilities. These instructional cases are powered by IMMEX software, which provides embedded assessment capabilities. It is felt that the learning environments created by these cases and the response they demand help preservice teachers to develop the instructional planning and decision...