...Katherine Julie Attree Purpose Accreditation bodies often require higher education institutions to establish program advisory boards ( PAB ) to integrate industry insights into the curriculum, as a mechanism to improve graduate employability. This research aims to investigate how stakeholders...

... for quality assurance in higher education. Design/methodology/approach A qualitative approach is adopted, to provide an enhanced understanding of the impact of RPL initiatives. Data is presented from interviews with key stakeholders: six academics, six coordinators and six learners who availed of RPL...

... is used to investigate the cases of 16 novice program completers. Data is collected using nonparticipant observation and semistructured interviews with 48 key stakeholders: program completers, their educational supervisors and school principals. Findings Results show that, overall, the program...

... from interviews with experts and a pilot survey. Over 2,000 questionnaires were then delivered to stakeholders. Statistical analyses of differences and factors were conducted and compared with OHEC's official list of quality indicators. Findings In terms of relative perceived importance, while...

... of organizational effectiveness, stakeholders’ satisfaction and market competitiveness and makes an effort to ensure satisfaction and accountability to the internal and external stakeholders. The coming improvement initiatives should be moving towards the third wave, which emphasizes strongly future quality...

...Bruce Macfarlane; Laurie Lomas Acknowledging the claims of stakeholders is part of the new lexicon of higher education management. Institutions, through mission statements, now explicitly recognise their obligation to meet the needs of a range of stakeholders such as students, employers...