Benchmarking For Higher Education

* How is benchmarking being used in higher education and how might it be used in the future?
* What promotes or inhibits successful benchmarking in universities and colleges?
* How does benchmarking fit into the spectrum of performance assessment in higher education?
Benchmarking is a popular tool for self-evaluation and self-improvement in industry and commerce. It enables an organization to compare itself with others, to identify its relative strengths and weaknesses, and to improve its working practices accordingly. In higher education it is now being promoted to support the regulation of academic standards and also as a vehicle for improving educational, administrative and business processes in a globally competitive academic environment.
Benchmarking for Higher Education provides an holistic view of the application of benchmarking. It uses case studies and system-wide reviews to show how benchmarking is being used by universities and colleges, by subject and functional communities, in the UK and in other higher education systems, to aid self-regulation and self-improvement. It is an important resource for academic and non-academic managers in higher education.