Greece Before the Bologna Process: Confronting or Embracing Quality Assurance in Higher Education?

2006 ◽  
Vol 19 (4) ◽  
pp. 433-445 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aristotelis Stamoulas
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Quality Assurance ◽  
Bologna Process ◽  
The Bologna Process

scholarly journals El Espacio Europeo de Educación Superior y su sello de calidad.

2020 ◽  
pp. 153
Author(s):  
María Matarranz
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Quality Assurance ◽  
Bologna Process ◽  
Educational Quality ◽  
European Higher Education Area ◽  
Higher Education Systems ◽  
The World ◽  
European Higher Education ◽  
The Bologna Process ◽  
The Impact

Two decades have passed from the Sorbonne Declaration in 1999 to the present day, a period of time in which we have witnessed the great changes that have occurred in higher education systems in many countries of the world, specifically the countries belonging to the European Higher Education Area (EHEA).Four countries started by signing the 1999 Declaration, today there are already forty-eight countries involved in the EHEA.In this article, a tour of the milestones that have been shaping and kneading the EHEA is made, addressing the most relevant issues addressed in the different meetings of the ministers of higher education. Next, we will stop at one of the most relevant indicators of the EHEA: the quality assurance systems that, because of the Bologna Process, have been deployed both at the supranational and national levels. We will make an overview of the implementation of educational quality in the countries. Finally, we will reflect on the impact that the perspective of educational quality has had in the countries of the European Higher Education Area. 

scholarly journals Quality Management Of Higher Education In The Context Of Integration To European Education Area

2012 ◽  
Vol 5 ◽  
Author(s):  
Salimova Tatiana ◽  
Makolov Vasilij ◽  
Enaleeva Yulia
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Quality Assurance ◽  
Bologna Process ◽  
Quality Assurance System ◽  
State University ◽  
Current Trends ◽  
Assurance System ◽  
Institutional Structures ◽  
Standards And Guidelines ◽  
The Bologna Process

The article has the characteristics of multilevel quality assurance system, based on the European, national and institutional structures. The authors pay attention to quality education issues in the context of the Bologna Process under the modern conditions. The current trends and problems of quality assurance system have been defined. The experience of Mordovia State University participating in the implementation of the Standards and Guidelines for Quality Assurance in the European Higher Education Area has been presented in this article. 

scholarly journals Increasing significance of external quality assurance in higher education: current strategies applied by European agencies

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Teresa Sánchez Chaparro ◽  
Victor Gomez Frías
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Quality Assurance ◽  
Bologna Process ◽  
External Quality Assurance ◽  
External Quality ◽  
The Bologna Process ◽  
National Systems

Quality assurance of higher education programmes and institutions has been one of the cornerstones of the Bologna process since its creation. However, after more than one decade of implementation of the European quality assurance framework, many national systems are suffering from the so-called “evaluation fatigue”. From a thorough revision of key sectorial sources, this paper identifies a number of strategies currently being tested by European quality assurance agencies aimed at increasing significance and reducing bureaucracy of external quality assurance processes. 

scholarly journals INTERNATIONALIZATION OF QUALITY ASSURANCE IN THE EUROPEAN HIGHER EDUCATION AREA: CHARACTERISTICS OF THE TERMINOLOGICAL APPARATUS AND CONCEPTUAL BASES OF THE RESEARCH

2018 ◽  
pp. 238-245
Author(s):  
I. YARMAK
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Quality Assurance ◽  
Bologna Process ◽  
Global Dimension ◽  
European Higher Education Area ◽  
Member States ◽  
Cross Border ◽  
Higher Education Quality ◽  
European Higher Education ◽  
The Bologna Process

The research is devoted to the problems of internationalization of  quality assurance (QA)  in the European Higher Education Area.  Based on the application of methods of terminological analysis, systematization and generalization,  the characteristic of the conceptual apparatus of the study is given. The importance of such concepts as "internationalization of higher education", "quality assurance of higher education" and " European Higher Education Area " are specified.The definition of the key concept of the study "internationalization of the quality assurance of higher education" as a process and result of the implementation of normative, organizational and procedural principles of the QA at the international level and the legitimization of the international / global dimension of the quality assurance agencies' activities in higher education is formulated. The theoretical, normative, organizational and procedural aspects of the problem under study are outlined.The following conclusions are made  regarding trends in the  development of the phenomenon under study: 1) the process of internationalization of the QA acquires a systemic character, the approval of international norms for the implementation of the QA process at official summits of the Bologna Process, in the educational legislation of the member states of the Bologna Club, gives them legitimacy; 2) there is an increase in the number of countries participating in the Bologna Process, guided by national practice "Standards and Recommendations for Quality Assurance in the European Higher Education Area"; 3) there is an intensification of the political efforts of the EHEA member states to recognize the cross-border activities of the QA-agencies in assessing the quality of the joint educational programs  of  universities  of different countries and cross-border/ transnational higher education; 4) there is further development of the international political, expert and scientific community in the field of  QA, which effectively co-operates within the framework of the European Quality Assurance Forum and has a significant influence on the development of the theoretical, normative, organizational, procedural principles of the internationalization of the QA.

scholarly journals ASSESSMENT IN HIGHER EDUCATION: CRITERIA AND EFFICIENCY INDICATORS

2018 ◽  
pp. 121-130
Author(s):  
Iryna Sokolova ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Quality Assurance ◽  
English Language ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Bologna Process ◽  
Candidate Country ◽  
Potential Candidate ◽  
Institutional Practice ◽  
Academic Practices ◽  
The Bologna Process

The ongoing implementation of the Bologna Process in Europe prompts comparisons with international competitors and efforts to match their quality assurance standards. Higher education institutions must be effective to succeed in research, to provide best academic practices and high quality of studies. Terminological system of pedagogical science and practice of higher education reflects the goals, values and problems, structure and system of scientific knowledge of the XXI century. The process for content analysis is designed to achieve the objective analysis possible by defining the process of the qualities and characteristics to be measured in HE. The article provides definitions of basic concepts that describe the features of tools for measuring and assessing in higher education. A comparative analysis of the practice of applying criteria & indicators is made on materials of English-language publications. Starting from a conceptual discussion around commonly used terms, such as, «criterion» and «indicator», the author has shown that these terms do not have a single universal meaning. The analysis shows that there is no common understanding of what criteria-based means or what it implies for practice. Instead, they belong to a wide conceptual field, which covers various overlapping or closely related topics. This paper addresses the nature of the concept of criteria in relation to higher education. This paper provides examples of use different sets of criteria for the accreditation and external evaluation of Higher education institutions and study programmes in Bosnia and Herzegovina, recognised by the EU as a «potential candidate country». In accordance with the constitutional structure of BiH, there are several regulations for external QA which are combined for each accreditation procedure. The project «Strengthening Institutional Capacity for Quality Assurance» (2013-2015) aims to support the full implementation of the ESG at all levels and to carry out accreditations of all HEIs in the country. In the process of analyzing the institutional practice of the country the problem of harmonizing national criteria with updated ESG2015 for licensing, conducting accreditation of higher education institutions and educational programs has been raised. The author analyses ways of thinking about the practice of applying the indicators for the sphere of higher education. It is stated, that the concepts of «effectiveness» and «efficiency» are often confused. The peculiarities of using the indicator panels (OECD, World Bank, European Union) are described for measuring the quality at the level of the education system.

scholarly journals Doubled Standards of the Quality Assurance: Russia in the Bologna Process

2018 ◽  
Vol 27 (11) ◽  
pp. 9-21 ◽  
Author(s):  
Galina N. Motova
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Quality Assurance ◽  
Bologna Process ◽  
National Qualifications Framework ◽  
National Educational Policy ◽  
European Higher Education ◽  
Academic Recognition ◽  
State Accreditation ◽  
The Bologna Process ◽  
Integrating Process

The article focuses on the role and the position of the Russian system of higher education in the Bologna process. The author dwells on the documents prepared for ministerial conferences including the Ministerial Conference in Paris held on May 24–25, 2018 and analyzes them from the position of inconsistency between the national educational policy in Russia and the Bologna process. Russia jointed the Bologna process fifteen years ago and made a commitment to provide integration in European higher education area. The results of this process may be treated differently, but such factors as magnitude, irreversibility, and incompleteness are evident. The report 2015 shows that Russia hasn’t implement the national qualifications framework, the implemented ECTS system is not entirely adequate to ECTS Users’ Guide, the problem of providing graduates with Diploma Supplement hasn’t yet been solved. The specifics of Russia’s approach to the problem of quality assurance are that there are both state accreditation and independent public procedures on academic recognition (accreditation agencies – ENQA members). The paper addresses quality assurance as a key tool of the integrating process.

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