Title :
Total quality control in education
Author :
Liang, Zhongming
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Manuf. Technol., Indiana-Purdue Univ., Fort Wayne, IN, USA
Abstract :
Some quality problems in American higher education are addressed. The author suggests that the concept of total quality control (TQC), a philosophy in manufacturing management, be applied to education in order to achieve changes from a more individualized control to a more systemized control. He discusses some particular methods for TQC in teaching. He suggests team work for course content TQC and course policy TQC
Keywords :
education; American higher education; education; teaching; total quality control; Books; Education; Educational institutions; Educational products; Industrial control; Manufacturing industries; Production management; Production systems; Quality control; Subcontracting;
Conference_Titel :
Frontiers in Education Conference, 1991. Twenty-First Annual Conference. 'Engineering Education in a New World Order.' Proceedings.
Conference_Location :
West Lafayette, IN
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-0222-2
DOI :
10.1109/FIE.1991.187429
