William J. Patrick
University of Glasgow
4 Papers
68 Citations
William J. Patrick is an academic researcher from University of Glasgow. The author has contributed to research in topics: Higher education & Comparative education. The author has an hindex of 4, co-authored 4 publications.
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Papers
Teaching and Research Quality Indicators and the Shaping of Higher Education.
TL;DR: In this article, the authors consider the correlation between the two ratings and the possible consequences of policies that reshape the higher education sector by concentrating research resources in a limited number of institutions.
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Assessment of research quality
TL;DR: In this article, the authors describe the British experience of nationwide research quality assessment exercises, and newly introduced measures intended to improve accountability, including those for the higher education system as a whole and for individual institutions, using the University of Glasgow as an example.
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Quality Assurance in American and British Higher Education: A Comparison.
TL;DR: A comparison of the methods used finds more similarities than differences in the two systems as discussed by the authors, and a comparison between the two methods found that the similarities were more than the differences between them.
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ESTIMATING FIRST-YEAR STUDENT ATTRITION RATES: An Application of Multilevel Modeling Using Categorical Variables
TL;DR: This study demonstrates the application of multilevel modeling to one of the most common issues that confront institutional researchers: that of student attrition, where the response variable is typically binary rather than continuous.