The final assignment for this course will be a plan to address an issue for a fictitious university or an institution in higher education, excluding Concordia University. Draw from the course discussions and assignments to develop a six to eight page plan using the following outline.

Section I: Mission Statement and Curriculum

State the mission statement for the fictitious university where the issue is found, and a discussion of the theoretical or philosophical perspectives that underpins the curriculum and connects it to the mission statement. Draw ideas from the activities in Weeks 1 and 2.

Section II: The Issue

Describe the issue, relate how it is affecting the university and will continue its ability to fulfill its mission and deliver a curriculum to a diverse group of learners, and your rationale for addressing this issue now. Use some of your content from the discussion in Week 4, Transformational Change in Higher Education, and the assignment, Leadership for Transformational Change.

Section III: Addressing the Issue

Describe in detail the measures you propose to address the institution’s issue now and in the future. Use your research from the literature survey in Week 5 and the Delphi study in Week 6. (When referring to the Delphi study, refer your reader to the appendix.)

Section IV: Framework

Design a framework to implement your plan. Include the stakeholders and their roles. Use information from the Week 7 discussion, Creating a Framework for Your Plan.

Section V: Leadership

Using the traits of your selected institution’s servant and transformational leaders and stakeholders, describe how your implementation plan can help to bring about change on your selected issue.

Section VI: Assessment

Describe your plan’s methods of assessment, progress, and evaluation and its ongoing implementation. Use resources and text from the Week 7 discussion, Creating a Framework for Your Plan.

Appendix: Delphi Study

Include the tables you created in the Delphi Study in Week 6.

Support your statements with evidence from the scholarly resources and your research. Cite and reference your sources in APA style.

Answer

Improving the quality of teaching at Duke University

The quality of education in the global universities has been in the past compromised by

several factors both internally and externally. This has greatly affected the delivery of quality

work as well as preparation of quality graduates in the universities. Many universities have

engaged quality coordinators to help facilitate the issue and try to develop the quality of

education (Tronc, 2010).

Some university managements especially in the faculties have been arguing that TQM

approaches were developed for industries who seek to improve the profitability for the company

(Downey, 2012). This has attracted a lot of debate with some really contradicting such

arguments. They argue that these methods also need to be employed in the universities to

improve the teaching levels and methods hence impacting on the quality of education….