This paper presented the importance of quality in higher education institutions. It is a literature review paper which delineated the reasons for managing change for quality education maintenance in higher education as well as the challenges faced in having and sustaining quality especially in developing countries’ higher education sectors. The paper spelt out the reasons why managers of education systems need to tirelessly advance the element of quality of education in their institutions of higher learning. A proper maintenance of quality will always keep the institution at a competitive advantage within the higher education industry.