Research Catalog

Title

Caribbean quality culture : persistent commitment to improving higher education / edited by Sandra Ingrid Gift ; contributors, Jonas I. Addae [and 26 others].

Publication

• Mona, Kingston, Jamaica : The University of the West Indies Press, 2021.
• ©2021

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Additional Authors

Gift, Sandra Ingrid

Description

xix, 478 pages : illustrations; 23 cm

Subject

• Education, Higher > Caribbean, English-speaking
• Educational change > Caribbean, English-speaking
• Total quality management in higher education
• Caribbean Area

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• Machine generated contents note: 1. Contextualizing Caribbean Higher Education Quality Culture / Sandra Ingrid Gift -- pt. 1 Governance -- 2. From UWI to The UWI System: Quality in Global Context / Hilary McD. Beckles -- 3. A Triad for Quality Improvement? Quality Improvement, Leadership and Ethics among Higher Education Administrators in Jamaica / Anna Kasafi Perkins -- 4. Financial Challenges in Providing Quality Higher Education in the Caribbean / Compton Bourne -- 5. A View of Stakeholder Engagement and Strategic Planning: A Case Study of The University of the West Indies / Halima-Sa'adia Kassim -- 6. How Quality Positively Impacts Alumni Cultivation and Engagement: A Regional Perspective / Celia Davidson Francis -- pt. 2 Curriculum and Teaching and Learning -- 7. Curriculum Development and Review / Margo Burns -- 8. Continuous Improvement in the Online Learning Environment: Some Lessons from The University of the West Indies / Pamela C. Dottin -- 9. Enhancing Postgraduate Culture / Elizabeth Walcott-Hackshaw -- 10. Foreign Language Education: The Role of the Centre for Language Learning / Beverly-Anne Carter -- 11. Community Engagement and Service-Learning in Caribbean Higher Education Institutions / Shilohna K. Phillanders -- 12. Continuous Quality Improvement of Graduate Employability: Internships and a UWI Cave Hill Case of Work in Progress / Kay Hinds-Thompson -- pt. 3 Continuous Quality Improvement Processes -- 13. The UWI Quality Policy: Towards a Quality Policy in Action / June Wheatley-Holness -- 14. A Critical Review of Strategic Quality Improvement Practices in Caribbean Higher Education Institutions / Eduardo Raoul Ali -- 15. A Process Approach to Continuous Improvement at The University of the West Indies, St Augustine Campus.
• Kristen Cockburn -- 16. Student Feedback and Continuous Quality Improvement at The University of the West Indies, St Augustine Campus / Raynata A. Wiggins -- pt. 4 External Quality Assurance -- 17. The Role of the University Council of Jamaica in Supporting Continuous Quality Improvement among Higher Education Institutions / Jessica S. Dunn -- 18. Two Decades of Accreditation Experience at the University of Curacao: Examining Quality Assurance and Accreditation Efforts of the University's Programmes / Sharine A. Isabella -- 19. Programme Accreditation and Continuous Quality Improvement in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering / Fasil Muddeen -- 20. Institutional Accreditation at The University of the West Indies / Jonas I. Addae -- pt. 5 The Way Forward -- 21. Curriculum Renewal for Sustainable Development in the Caribbean / Dianne Thurab-Nkhosi -- 22. Editing the Blueprint: Towards Universally Recognized Caribbean Research Impact Metrics / Tennille Fanovich -- 23. Continuous Quality Improvement of Recognition Policies and Practices: The Case of the Accreditation Council of Trinidad and Tobago / Ronald Brunton.

Call Number

ReCAP 22-10204

ISBN

• 9766408394
• 9789766408398

LCCN

2021398505

OCLC

• 1257550083
• 1257550083

Title

Caribbean quality culture : persistent commitment to improving higher education / edited by Sandra Ingrid Gift ; contributors, Jonas I. Addae [and 26 others].

Publisher

Mona, Kingston, Jamaica : The University of the West Indies Press, 2021.

Copyright Date

©2021

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Added Author

Gift, Sandra Ingrid, editor.

Research Call Number

ReCAP 22-10204