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Moller, Onno – Tertiary Education and Management, 2006
Increasing attention on quality assurance, a decentralisation of responsibilities and need for quantitative data in accountability and decision support led to the development of a student satisfaction monitoring instrument at Utrecht University (UU). Initially marketing worked as a catalyst activity to prove the added value. At a later stage the…
Descriptors: Institutional Research, Quality Control, Marketing, Accountability
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Schaefers, Christine – Zeitschrift fur Padagogik, 2002
Points out the potential in a neo-institutional perspective as applied to school organization. Sketches the theoretical foundations and current developments of sociological neo-institutionalism. Discusses the German school system and plans for school reform. Shows that from a neo-institutional perspective, school sector offers a variety of fields…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Institutional Research
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Hildebrand, Henner; Hinzen, Heribert – Convergence, 2004
The Institute for International Co-operation of the German Adult Education Association, otherwise known as the IIZ/DVV, is based in Bonn. Germany and has more than 40 years of service in various projects in different countries. The Institute is known for the publication of the journal "Adult Education and Development," the most widely…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adult Education, Literacy Education, Institutional Role
Schultz-Gerstein, Hans-G. – 1992
This paper describes changes in German higher education as a consequence of the reunification of East and West Germany, focusing particularly on personal evaluation of East German faculty and assessment of their scientific expertise. An introduction reviews the major historical events that have shaped the current situation. The paper states that…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Evaluation Methods, Faculty College Relationship, Faculty Evaluation
Schultz-Gerstein, Hans-G. – 1991
This paper recounts the legal, political, and educational changes in former East Germany as the nation has become reunified, and considers the implications of reunification for institutional research at East German universities. After a brief sketch of legal, geographic, and demographic highlights, the decrepit conditions of East German university…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, College Faculty, Curriculum Development, Economic Change
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Jongbloed, Ben W. A.; Westerheijden, Don F. – New Directions for Institutional Research, 1994
Examination of the history of use of performance indicators in three European national higher education systems (Germany, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom) suggests that their role at the national level is declining at the same time that institutions are moving toward more broad-based quality assessment strategies. (Author/MSE)
Descriptors: College Administration, College Outcomes Assessment, College Planning, Comparative Education