Mayhew, Lewis B. The quest for quality : : the challenge for undergraduate education in the 1990s / [electronic resource] / Lewis B. Mayhew, Patrick J. Ford, Dean L. Hubbard.. — 1st ed.. — San Francisco : : Jossey-Bass,, 1990.. — xxv, 292 p. ; 24 cm. - The Jossey-Bass higher education series.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 273-282) and index.
Part 1: Forces affecting quality in undergraduate education -- The challenges to educational quality since World War II -- Current perspectives on academic quality -- The undergraduate curriculum and general education -- Part 2: An agenda for strengthening academic quality -- Reforming the curriculum -- Streamlining extracurricular services -- Maintaining a high-quality professoriate -- Foresting competent teaching -- Strengthening academic leadership -- Rethinking decision-making roles and authority -- Part 3: Monitoring quality -- The role of accreditation -- Governing boards and coordinating agencies -- Strengthening undergraduate education: a national imperative.
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