Governments and the public are scrutinizing the quality of higher education and demanding greater accountability. Due to the fact that much of quality improvement pertains to eliminating waste, increasing efficiency, and reducing costs, it has become an attractive topic in education. An important element of the quality improvement movement is the quadratic loss function formulated by Dr. Genichi Taguchi. Taguchi asserts that any deviation from an optimal value (target) incurs a loss that results in increased quality costs. / In response to apparent deficiencies in the performance of entering college freshmen and in an attempt to provide high quality postsecondary education in 1988, the Arkansas State Board of Higher Education implemented a state-wide developmental education program for postsecondary institutions. Thus, the main purpose of this study was to use Taguchi's quadratic loss function in exploring the impact the implementation of the Arkansas State Board of Higher Education standards had on quality costs and the educational progress of the students identified as being below the standards. After this study was conducted, it was found that the overall expected losses were reduced for all mandatory developmental students as compared to their voluntary remedial counterparts. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 55-12, Section: A, page: 3810. / Major Professor: Craig F. Johnson. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1994.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_77311 |
| Contributors | Jones, Kathryn C., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 143 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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