Call for Chapters: Higher Education and Quality Assurance Practices

Editors

Saqib Saeed, Saudi Aramco Cybersecurity Chair, Imam Abdulrahman BIn Faisal University, Saudi Arabia
Omer Rana, Cardiff University, United Kingdom
Rajesh Kumar Dhanaraj, Symbiosis International University, India

Call for Chapters

Proposals Submission Deadline: June 19, 2024
Full Chapters Due: November 11, 2024
Submission Date: November 11, 2024

Introduction

Quality Education is a key enabler for attainment of “education for all” sustainable development goal, chalked out by United Nation. However, ensuring quality education is a challenging task and higher education institutions need to have effective strategic planning and agile operational processes to provide a conducive learning environment. Students, employers, governments, academic institutions, educational institutions, faculty, and other regulatory bodies are key stakeholders striving for quality education. As a result, there are many quality assurance tools in place in higher education such as international rankings, accreditations, however, instead of fostering sustainable quality practices these quality tools sometime result in adoption of adhoc practices by higher education institutions to reach the milestones set by these regulatory standards. The implementation of quality assurance practices has several benefits for improving higher education: they guarantee academic standards, encourage student success, improve teaching and learning, guarantee compliance and accountability, facilitate institutional assessment, support ongoing improvement, guarantee transparency and accountability, and encourage creativity and adaptability. Institutions may improve results for students and stakeholders, bolster their educational programs, and increase organizational performance by putting strong quality assurance systems into place. Therefore, it is very important that higher education institutions adopt a sustainable approach towards quality practices in their academic institutions. This book aims to strengthen the body of knowledge by providing case studies and concepts related to quality assurance practices adopted in higher education to improve education quality to achieve sustainable development goals. The scholarly collection of case studies and conceptual contributions, will help to better understand the quality assurance challenges and implication for higher education institutions. This book will include chapters from leading scholars and practitioners from academia. The chapters will focus on developed and developing countries as they both have unique issues in technology design.

Objective

The objective of the proposed book is to invite ideas, suggestions and recommendations and publish high quality contributions examining the inherent issues, innovative practices and guidelines to foster quality assurance in higher education sector. This book will be helpful for students, academics and policy makers that want to improve education quality assurance practices in higher education. University libraries will be especially interested in purchasing this textbook, since it will provide cutting edge research on the linkage of sustainable development goals and quality of higher education.

Target Audience

The book is of interest to higher education leaders, faculty, quality assurance professionals, education policy makers, consultants and advisors as well as students.

Recommended Topics

• Outcome based Education • Role of Academic Advisory Boards in Education Quality • Higher Education Quality and role of Accreditation • International Rankings and Quality of Learning • Curriculum Design and Sustainability • Sustainability of Quality Processes • Quality Measurement and Continuous Improvement • Leadership Challenges in Fostering Quality Education • Students Centric Learning • Lifelong Learning • Inclusive Education • Pedagogical Diversity and Learning • Online Education and Quality Challenges • Quality Education and Employability • Faculty Burnout and Education Quality • Cybersecurity Education • STEM • Cybersecurity and Online Education • Artificial Intelligence and Online Learning Environments

Submission Procedure

Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit on or before June 19, 2024, a chapter proposal of 1,000 to 2,000 words clearly explaining the mission and concerns of his or her proposed chapter. Authors will be notified by July 3, 2024 about the status of their proposals and sent chapter guidelines.Full chapters are expected to be submitted by November 11, 2024, and all interested authors must consult the guidelines for manuscript submissions at https://www.igi-global.com/publish/contributor-resources/before-you-write/ prior to submission. All submitted chapters will be reviewed on a double-anonymized review basis. Contributors may also be requested to serve as reviewers for this project.

Note: There are no submission or acceptance fees for manuscripts submitted to this book publication, Higher Education and Quality Assurance Practices. All manuscripts are accepted based on a double-anonymized peer review editorial process.

All proposals should be submitted through the eEditorial Discovery® online submission manager.



Publisher

This book is scheduled to be published by IGI Global (formerly Idea Group Inc.), an international academic publisher of the "Information Science Reference" (formerly Idea Group Reference), "Medical Information Science Reference," "Business Science Reference," and "Engineering Science Reference" imprints. IGI Global specializes in publishing reference books, scholarly journals, and electronic databases featuring academic research on a variety of innovative topic areas including, but not limited to, education, social science, medicine and healthcare, business and management, information science and technology, engineering, public administration, library and information science, media and communication studies, and environmental science. For additional information regarding the publisher, please visit https://www.igi-global.com. This publication is anticipated to be released in 2025.



Important Dates

June 19, 2024: Proposal Submission Deadline
July 3, 2024: Notification of Acceptance
November 11, 2024: Full Chapter Submission
January 22, 2025: Review Results Returned
February 20, 2025: Final Acceptance Notification
February 27, 2025: Final Chapter Submission



Inquiries

Saqib Saeed
Saudi Aramco Cybersecurity Chair, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University
sbsaed@iau.edu.sa



Classifications


Business and Management; Computer Science and Information Technology; Education; Library and Information Science; Science and Engineering
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