Utilizing Student Perceptions to Facilitate Continuous Improvement for Academic Institutions

Business colleges are faced with funding crises, rising tuition and associated fees, and criticism towards curricula, teaching methods, and academic research. Business colleges could benefit from a continuous improvement approach in order to provide graduates with a quality education which would enable them to compete for the best job opportunities. Student perspectives were collected through a clustering technique and presented in frequency counts. Student perceptions on a “good student” and a “good professor” provide extensive profiles of a capable student and a professor who can facilitate a learning environment which is conducive to student success. Such an approach may inform students and professors of attributes which are keys to success in the classroom. Thus, students can provide business colleges with invaluable insight to ensure high quality and ongoing improvement in academic programs.

Name thesis:degree_name

Masters of Science

Level thesis:degree_level

Masters

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Management

Grantor

Southwest Texas State University

Year dc:date.issued

2002

Author dc:creator

• Pirani, Julia

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Temponi, Cecilia

• business education
• total quality management
• strategic planning

Language dc:language.iso

en

Handle dc:identifier.uri

https://hdl.handle.net/10877/12335

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:digital.library.txst.edu:10877/12335