Quality (2) is an implicit usage as to say a ‘quality product’ implies high quality (thus desirable). Quality (1) is outlined below, both as a generic term and as one specifically linked to the monitoring of higher education. This, though, defines quality in terms of an individual’s implicit subjective criteria. There have been those who imply (or even explicitly state) that quality is something one knows when one sees it or experiences. However, they still want to measure this indefinable concept. There are some people who suggest that quality, in relation to higher education, is too complex to define. It has several variants as a dictionary term (see below) and has been constructed in a wide variety of ways when linked to evaluation of higher education. Quality is an elusive term, as many people have argued, for example, ‘Quality is notoriously elusive of prescription, and no easier even to describe and discuss than deliver in practice’ (Gibson, 1986). a shorthand, in higher education, for quality evaluation processes. (adj) means high grade or high status (as in a quality performance).ģ. (n) the embodiment of the essential nature of a person, collective, object, action, process or organisation.Ģ. This is a dynamic glossary and the author would welcome any e-mail suggestions for additions or amendments. A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z HomeĬitation reference: Harvey, L., 2004-22, Analytic Quality Glossary, Quality Research International,
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