Though this does not mean athletics don't improve the quality of faculty members; many economists do not care for football.
This is largely a result of policy recommendations from the American Council on Education and recent, well-publicized scholarship by academics such as Bob Drago, Mary Ann Mason, and Marc Goulden, believes Cathy Trower of the Collaborative on Academic Careers in Higher Education, an organization that aims to "improve the quality of faculty work life".
For James Conant, it was improving the quality of the faculty and students.
The latter are two key conditions for the implementation of e-learning within this faculty, aiming at improving the quality of teaching and learning.
As for his future plans, Alberts said he will be going back to teach in California, where he remains on the faculty of UC, San Francisco, and looked forward to "improving the quality of science there, in a different capacity".
But improving the quality of care remains the main challenge.
"We're improving the quality of machine translation into Arabic.
Improving the quality of patient care is a collaborative effort.
It's about improving the quality of life.
Improving the quality of local markets can significantly strengthen communities.
