Measuring higher education quality

The panelists indicated that considerable progress is being made by such organizations as ACT and NCHEMS in identifying the domains of quality to be measured and particularly in devising unidimensional indicators of student progress. Few were able to cite comparable advancements in the development of multivariate techniques to assess the relation of student growth to other variables. Notable progress in achieving consensus on appropriate standards for measuring quality institutions or curricular programs within comparable institutions remains as a future task.Peer Reviewedhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/43587/1/11162_2004_Article_BF00991828.pd