@article{oai:nagoya.repo.nii.ac.jp:00014343, author = {ZHANG, Yan}, journal = {国際開発研究フォーラム, Forum of International Development Studies}, month = {Mar}, note = {In 2008, the Chinese Ministry of Education completed the first round of the Undergraduate Teaching Assessment on Regular Higher Education Institutions (UTA). It is necessary and important to examine whether assessment objectives have been realized and what impacts the assessment has had on the development of higher education institutions. Based on the framework developed through reviewing the existing studies of assessment impacts and the field surveys of ten universities in Tianjin Municipality, China, this study analyzed universities' responses to the UTA, in terms of institutional resources development, university management and organizational culture. Th analysis shows that, with the introduction of the UTA, universities improved financial and physical resources, clarified institutional objectives, consolidated institutional regulations and rules, strengthened the internal quality monitoring, and paid more attention to evaluation and the quality of teaching, since all the mentioned aspects are requirements of assessment criteria. However, those changes are more likely to be passive rather than active ones. This study also finds that there appears to be no obvious differences among universities on the dimensions the assessment affected universities, since assessment criteria and standards are same for all universities. However, to what extent the assessment may affect universities shows some differences. Therefore, how the UTA may affect universities and colleges is influenced by assessment design and institutional context.}, pages = {195--220}, title = {Responses of Universities to the Introduction of Undergraduate Teaching Assessment in China: A Case Study of Ten Universities in Tianjin}, volume = {41}, year = {2012} }