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Volume : II, Issue : XI, December - 2012 CONTRIBUTION OF STUDENTS TOWARDS ENHANCING QUALITY IN HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS R DHANUJA DOI : 10.9780/22307850, Published By : Laxmi Book Publication Abstract : The Quality Assurance in Higher Education is gaining wider acceptance
amongst the stakeholders across the globe. Even though the quality assurance
mechanisms in different countries in Asia Pacific Region are at different levels of
maturity and capacity, ther e is a broad agreement on need and effectiveness of quality
assurance.
Quality education refers to learning situations in which knowledge, skills, and abilities
are developed in the best possible ways in order to promote students' personal growth,
vocational success and futur e contributions to society . According to Snow (1986),
“learning how to capitalize on individual strengths and to promote a diversity of
achievements … while compensating for the individual inequalities that limit
educational achievement for many poses the major challenge to . . . education today and
for decades to come” (p. 1029).
The best way to motivate the community is to promote an understanding of the
benefits that assessment brings to students, faculty , the institution, and the public. The
extent to which learning goals and assessment processes that already exists will form the
core of a more clear and integrated assessment process. Students, of course, want to
attend the institution that suits them best. Parents want the best value, or perhaps the
“cultural capital,” that an institution affords. Parents and students are inter ested in
institutions that will provide them with the education which will result in a job, or
acceptance to graduate or professional school. Employers are inter ested in the
“product” that a college or university produces. Faculty members, too, have a vested
inter est in students being informed about their choice of a college or university to attend.
It is much easier , and more enjoyable, for faculty members to teach students who are
appropriately prepared for their courses, either thr ough earlier preparation or thr ough
foundation courses at the institution.
Quality education is ther efore a relative concept, and can be perceived
differently by students, even in the same classroom, depending on a wide range of
variables including background, personality and motivation.
Recent surveys show that student education is no longer based around the
basics. In order to obtain a quality education you need to teach the fundamentals.
Student education relays on the basic skills in order to succeed. A quality education
begins with the fundamentals like, problem-solving, teamwork, and organization. These
core principles are creating a quality education and promote an exceptional student
learning.
This paper will assess the progress that is being made globally to impr ove the
quality of basic education and examine the policies and the strategies that are proving
effective in Quality enhancement in higher education, and the role of students to enhance
the same. Keywords : Article : Cite This Article : R DHANUJA, (2012). CONTRIBUTION OF STUDENTS TOWARDS ENHANCING QUALITY IN HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS. Indian Streams Research Journal, Vol. II, Issue. XI, DOI : 10.9780/22307850, http://oldisrj.lbp.world/UploadedData/1821.pdf References : - Angelo, T . A., Ewell, P .T ., & Lopez, C. (2001). Assessment at the millennium: Now what? In L. Suskie (Ed.), Assessment to Promote Deep Learning (pp. 59-63). Washington, DC: American Association for Higher Education.
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