Using Evaluation Data to Initiate Change in the Study Entry Phase

Abstract

Improving the study entry supports students in a decisive phase of their university education. Implementing improvements is a change process and can only be successful if the relevant stakeholders are addressed and convinced. In the described Teaching Quality Pact project evaluation data is used as a mean to discuss in the university the situation of the study programs. As these discussions were based on empirical data rather than on opinion, it was possible to achieve an open discussion about measures that are implemented. The open discussion is maintained during the project when results of the measures taken are analyzed. 21.03.2014 | Marco Winzker, Martina Grein, Sandra Himmel, Manfred Kaul & Claudia Luppertz (Sankt Augustin)

Keywords

• Evaluation
• change process
• evaluation as a mean to communication
• Teaching Quality Pact