Higher Education Quality:A Literature Review

The purpose of this paper is to examine the quality dimensions associated with the higher education institutions. Through a rigorous literature review and by integrating insights drawn from these studies, the author has proposed a set of quality dimensions relevant to the higher education institutions. The findings reveal rich and meaningful insights into quality dimension area of higher education institutions. The set of quality dimensions can act as a list of items for educational institutes to address quality issues. It would help in ensuring that the essential issues and factors are covered during implementation. For academics, it provides a common language for them to discuss and study the quality dimensions from various perspectives. This paper validates and extends the dispersed findings of existing literature by providing a useful unifying framework for quality dimensions relevant for higher education institutions.