TY - BOOK AU - Mayhew,Lewis B. AU - Ford,Patrick Joseph AU - Hubbard,Dean Leon TI - The quest for quality: the challenge for undergraduate education in the 1990s SN - 1555422543 AV - LA227.4 .M39 1990 U1 - 378.1/99/0973 20 PY - 1990/// CY - San Francisco PB - Jossey-Bass KW - Education, Higher KW - Aims and objectives KW - United States KW - Curricula KW - College teachers KW - Universities and colleges KW - Accreditation KW - Enseignement supérieur KW - États-Unis KW - Finalités KW - Programmes d'études KW - Professeurs (Enseignement supérieur) KW - Universités KW - Agrément KW - Höhere Schule KW - swd KW - USA N1 - 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 UR - http://www.archive.org/details/questforqualityc00mayh UR - http://www.openlibrary.org/books/OL1874454M ER -