Research On Quality Enhance Plan Of Florida State Higher Education Institutions In America

With the continuous expansion of the higher education system and query of higher education quality,accountability has become an important issue in the reform and development of higher education in America.Institutional accountability is an important way for self-government and quality assurance of American higher education institutions.Under the background of “Double-First Class” initiative focusing on first-class undergraduate education and talent cultivation quality,it's of great referential value and practical significance to carry out the research on American institutional accountability.This thesis focuses on the Quality Enhance Plan conducted by three universities,namely Florida State University,Nova Southeastern University and Florida Southwestern State College.This study is based on George Keller's Strategic Management Theory of University and utilization of documentary research,case study,and historical research.Through the research on organization structure,implementation form,practical effect,and development features of American institutional accountability,the study found that:(1)Three institutions have different preferences on their institutional accountability practices.Their topic areas of institutional accountability practice are suitable with school-running orientations.(2)Institutional accountability prompts institutions to know about own advantages and disadvantages,acknowledge their shortcomings,and carry out internal reform and improvement.(3)Implementation of institutional accountability receives all members' active coordination and engagement.They are all involved in the accountability process,including faculty,students,and administrative staff.(4)Institutional accountability activities focus on student learning outcomes assessment,which can reflect its degree of goal achievement.(5)Institutional accountability could reduce the impress of external accountability,and assure institutional autonomy.Practical experience of American institutional accountability could bring a lot of beneficial enlightenment and experience for our nation's development of internal quality assurance.Such as: we can rely on internal reform to drive continuous quality improvement,promote the construction of institutional accountability origination,establish a system of accountability objectives and indicators that are compatible with the institution's positioning,and foster institutional accountability culture.