March 25, 2013 NEWS - Announcement of an Annual Best Paper Award
Beginning in 2013, The Quality Approaches in Higher Education editors will announce an annual best paper award to the author(s) of a paper published in Quality Approaches in Higher Education. The award will be announced in January of each year, for the best paper from the issues of the previous year and will be based on the largest single contribution made to the development or application of quality approaches in higher education. There is no nomination form for this award.
The QUALITY APPROACHES IN HIGHER EDUCATION is an online, double-blind, peer-reviewed journal published by the ASQ Education Division. The ASQ Education Division prides itself as the ASQ division that networks on quality in education topics. With the increase emphasis on quality improvement in our colleges and universities, the Quality Approaches in Higher Education fills a need for a journal engendering a conversation focusing on this topic, supported by manuscripts from the higher education community of faculty, researchers and administrators from the different disciplines and professions. The journal was started in 2009 as a supplement to the ASQ journal, Journal for Quality and Participation.
The purpose of QUALITY APPROACHES IN HIGHER EDUCATION is to engage the higher education community and the ASQ Education Division members in a discussion of topics related to:
• improving quality and identifying best practices in higher education and
• to expand the literature specific to quality in higher education topics.
Fernando F. Padró, Ph.D., Editor
Dr. Padró has been a researcher in higher education quality assurance for almost 30 years. He is currently at the University of Southern Queensland in an academic staff (faculty) capacity with the responsibility in the quality area in the Learning, Teaching, and Quality Unit. He is a Senior Member of ASQ and is a Faculty Fellow with the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators (NASPA). He has published over 40 peer-reviewed artifacts and made over 70 conference presentations in the US and abroad.
Dr. Padró has been an associate editor of Quality Approaches in Higher Education. A senior member of ASQ, he is the chair-elect of the ASQ Education Division and also is currently serving a four-year term as a Faculty Fellow with the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators. He has served as a Malcolm Baldrige Examiner and has been performing external reviews of program and higher education institutions for many years. He is co-editor of the Education Division-sponsored book, Advancing the STEM Agenda: Quality Improvement Supports STEM, published by ASQ Quality Press.
The Associate Editors are:
- Theodore Allen, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Industrial Systems Engineering, The Ohio State University
- Sid Nair, Ph.D, Professor, Centre for Advancement of Teaching and Learning, The University of Western Australia
- Cindy Veenstra, Ph.D, Research Faculty, Center for the Study of HIgher and Postsecondary Education, University of Michigan
We welcome your manuscripts and questions. Please address all questions to Dr. Padró at QAHE@asqedu.org
The ISSN for Quality Approaches in Higher Education is 2161-265X
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Current Issue
Table of Contents
Guest Commentary: Real-World Engineering Education: The Role of of Continuous Improvement
By Paul D. Plotkokwski
Using Assessments to Determine the Quality and Effectiveness of a Collaborative Internship Program in Research
By Thomas E. Pinelli, Cathy W. Hall, and Kimberly M. Brush
Case Study: Application of Blended Learning for an Engineering Simulation Course
By Theodore T. Allen, Sharnnia Artis, Anthony Afful-Dadzie, and Yosef Allam
Investing in Engineering Student Leaders Through Industrial and STEM Partnerships
By Rhonda K. Kowalchuk, Bruce D. DeRuntz, and John W. Nicklow
Volume 3, No. 2 (December 2012)
Table of Contents
Editorial: Giving the Body of Knowledge a Voice
By Fernando F. Padró
Lyman Briggs College: An Innovative Living-Learning
Community for STEM Education
By Ryan D. Sweeder, Kathleen A. Jeffery, and Aaron M. McCright
Critical Event Narrative Inquiry in Higher Education Quality
By Patricie Mertova and Len Webster
Volume 3, No. 1 (February 2012)
Table of Contents
Balancing Customer Needs and Standards in Higher Education
By Cathy Hall, William Swart and Steve Duncan
Using Social Media to Enhance Students’ Learning Experiences
By James A. Griesemer
An Integrated Approach to Quality Enhancement in a multi-Campus University
By Chenicheri Sid Nair, Patricia Mertova, and Nicolene Murdoch
In-Class Versus Interactive Television Instruction: A Study to Determine Comparability
By David Plum and Christine Robinson
Volume 2, No. 2 (December 2011)
Table of Contents
Systems Thinking: Critical to Quality Improvement in Higher Education
By Julie Furst-Bowe
STEM: An Entrepreneurial Approach
By Keith T. Miller
Understanding Reliability in Higher Education Student Learning Outcomes Assessment
By Kenneth Royal
Using Active, Cooperative Quality Exercises to Enhance Learning
By James A. Griesemer
Table of Contents
Guest Commentary: Quality and Variation in Education
By John Dew
Creating a Kaizen Movement During Economic Turbulence
By Mychal Coleman and Erin Barwis
Engaging Undergraduate Business Students in Quality-Related Research in a Small Liberal Arts College
By James Griesemer
Using Student Satisfaction Data to Start Conversations about Continuous Improvement
By Chenicheri Sid Nair and Lorraine Bennett
Table of Contents
Guest Editorial: Changing STEM Education
By Cindy P. Veenstra
Integrating Writing into the Freshman Engineering Curriculum
By Dan Budny, Beth Newborg, and Michael W. Ford, Jr.
Metrics and Methodology for Assessing Engineering Instruction
By C. Judson King, Susan A. Ambrose, Raoul A. Arreola, Karan Watson,
Richard M. Taber, Norman L. Fortenberry, and Elizabeth T. Cady
Transforming Teaching Evaluation to Quality Indices
By Mohamed E. M. El-Sayed and Kathleen Burke
Monitoring Student Attrition to Enhance Quality
By Mahsood Shah and Chenicheri Sid Nair
Volume 1, No. 1 (February 2010)
Enhancing Student Learning
Table of Contents
Dedication to Dr. Eric L. Dey
University Centers of Teaching and Learning: A New Imperative
By Fernando F. Padro
Using Podcasting and Video Production to Create Valuable Student Learning Experiences
By Jamison V. Kovach, David Xin Ding and Sharon Lund O'Neill
Engaging Multiple Stakeholders to Ensure College Access and Success for All (reprint)
by Jamie Merisotis
