Quality Management in Higher Education: the Experience of Canada

2018 ◽  
pp. 28-33
Author(s):  
Ф. Ратнер ◽  
F. Ratner ◽  
Н. Тихонова ◽  
N. Tihonova
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Quality Assurance ◽  
Quality Management ◽  
Mutual Recognition ◽  
Educational Programs ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Education Quality ◽  
Canadian Experience ◽  
The University ◽  
Multiple Actors

The article examines the Canadian experience in the fi eld of education quality management, where the eff ectiveness of the whole system is provided by active cooperation of multiple actors of educational policy at all levels: international, national, regional and institutional. Of particular interest is the analysis of specifi c initiatives implemented at each level and ways to ensuring their coherence. A brief overview of quality assurance agencies monitoring and controlling the higher education sector in whole, the universities and the educational programs, is off ered. Despite the signifi cant heterogeneity of the university sector of Canada due to the administrative, territorial and cultural diff erences, the coordinated actions of all participants of the educational process contribute to cooperation between universities, ensure mutual recognition of diplomas both in Canada and internationally, and create conditions for students’ and graduates’ mobility.

scholarly journals Evaluation of the quality of education programs in sports (based on the results of accreditation of study programmes)

2021 ◽  
pp. 73-85
Author(s):  
Georgiy Lopatenko
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Quality Assurance ◽  
Educational Programs ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Education Quality ◽  
Physical Culture ◽  
National Agency ◽  
Higher Education Quality ◽  
Education Quality Assurance

The article presents an analysis of the decisions of the National Agency for Higher Education Quality Assurance on the accreditation of educational programs of the following specialities: 017 Physical Culture and Sports, 014 Secondary Education (Physical Culture, Human Health). Considering the significant differences between the previous accreditation procedure carried out by the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine (until 2019) and the current accreditation procedure carried out by the National Agency for Higher Education Quality Assurance the analysis of accreditation cases is particularly relevant. In the course of the research, the analysis of accreditation cases that took place in the period from November 2019 to November 2020 was carried out. It included the assessment of educational programs, curricula, self-assessment documents, reports of the expert groups, conclusions of branch expert council and decisions of the National Agency. Generalized data on the evaluation of educational programs according to individual criteria is presented. The article presents an analysis of the main shortcomings identified in the process of assessing the quality of educational programs at the stage of field accreditation procedure and, at the stage of assessment of the accreditation case by the branch expert council of the National Agency for Higher Education Quality Assurance. It is shown that the main reason for the decision of the National Agency for Higher Education Quality Assurance on conditional (deferred) accreditation of the educational programs was the presence of significant shortcomings in the structure and content of educational programs, as well as in the processes related to teaching and learning. It was also shown that only half of the educational programs in the field of sports, which passed the accreditation procedure in the period from November 2019 to November 2020 met the requirements for ensuring the quality of the educational process. This indicates that the internal quality assurance systems of Ukrainian higher educational institutions were not ready for the new requirements set by the National Agency for Higher Education Quality Assurance.

Standardization and modernization of Kazakhstan Higher education

2021 ◽  
pp. 95-101
Author(s):  
Yu.N. Pak ◽  
◽  
Zh.S. Nuguzhinov ◽  
D.Yu. Pak
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Quality Assurance ◽  
Learning Outcomes ◽  
Educational Programs ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Professional Standards ◽  
Educational Standards ◽  
The Republic ◽  
State Educational

Worked out is the analyzes of development of the Kazakhstan system of standardization of higher education on the example of several generations of state educational standards. Their features are examined in structural terms, as well as in terms of the requirements for the compulsory minimum of the educational content, the level of preparedness of graduates and learning outcomes. The dynamics of transformations in the context of expansion of universities academic freedoms, the ratio of compulsory and university components of educational programs is shown. The role of educational and methodological associations of universities of the Republic of Kazakhstan in the development of the regulatory and legal support of the educational process is emphasized. The relevance of introducing the competence-based approach in higher education on the basis of combining educational and professional standards is noted. It is shown that inconsistent and hasty reforms, uncompetitive level of teachers’ remuneration, expanding bureaucratization, underdeveloped quality assurance culture do not contribute to the successful modernization of higher education.

scholarly journals University graduate satisfaction profile as an education quality criterion

2021 ◽  
Vol 122 ◽  
pp. 04006
Author(s):  
Marina Viktorovna Pereverzeva ◽  
Natalia Ivanovna Anufrieva ◽  
Marina Gennadievna Kruglova ◽  
Stanislav Nikolaevich Mikhaylov ◽  
Yana Mamontova
Keyword(s):  
Quality Management ◽  
Research Work ◽  
Educational Programs ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
University Education ◽  
Education Quality ◽  
Educational Services ◽  
University Graduates ◽  
Study Results

Research background: Despite a fairly long tradition of measuring students’ assessment of the quality of obtained university education, there are still many unresolved issues in this area. The aim of the study: to theoretically substantiate the concept of a profile of graduates’ satisfaction with university educational programs including several parameters. The satisfaction profile serves as a criterion of the quality of education, at the same time reflecting students’ subjective assessment of the learning outcomes received at the university that they correlate with their expectations at the stage of admission. The concept is proposed in association with the monitoring of university graduates’ satisfaction with educational programs developed and tested as part of the research work at the Russian State Social University. Methods: graduate satisfaction is assessed using quantitative (questionnaires, the results of which are processed in SPSS) and qualitative (interviews) research methods. The proposed and tested method for the assessment of university graduates’ satisfaction with educational programs can serve as a basis for the development of university systems for monitoring graduates’ satisfaction with educational programs and education quality management and the satisfaction profile can become a universal criterion of education quality assessment not only in Russian but also in foreign universities. Results and novelty: The novelty and significance of the study results lie in the fact that the rating of educational process factors significant for graduates’ satisfaction provides information that can be used for successfully placing the direction of training in the market of educational services. Moreover, two ratings of the importance of the identified factors are constructed. The first one reflects the respondents’ direct assessment that can be used in advertising and information campaigns in the market of educational services. The second rating shows indirect assessment providing a more adequate image of the real impact of various factors on graduates’ satisfaction with educational programs; the results of this rating can be used in the intra-university quality management.

Nothing but the truth, and no prohibitions. How to help employer to get qualified specialist

2021 ◽  
pp. 7-12
Author(s):  
S.V. Bakushev ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Education Quality ◽  
Motivation For Learning ◽  
A Priority ◽  
Work Programs ◽  
The University ◽  
Higher Institutions

Discussed are problems of higher education modernization in order to improve education quality and get competent specialists. Recommendations for the educational process reform in higher institutions are closely connected with state exams, curricula and work programs, and financing issues, and the duration of study at the university. It is necessary to amend both the tactics and the strategy of higher education, and first and foremost, it is obligatory to stop using falsification of figures and mark the student accordingly to his or her progress. This will allow the student to create self-motivation for learning, based on the elimination of irresponsibility and slovenly work, permissiveness in receiving knowledge. In higher education, the principle "From each person according to his or her ability, to each person according to his or her work" should be a priority

scholarly journals DEPENDENCE OF THE HIGHER EDUCATION QUALITY ON SOURCES OF ITS FINANCING AND SPECIALIZATION OF THE INSTITUTE OF HIGHER EDUCATION: ANALYSIS OF EMPLOYERS’ OPINIONS AND DIRECTIONS TO IMPROVE PUBLIC POLIC

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (37) ◽  
pp. 521-538
Author(s):  
S. Moroz ◽  
O. Romanovs’kyj ◽  
V. Moroz ◽  
L. Gren ◽  
A. Pomaza-Ponomarenko ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Public Policy ◽  
Quality Assurance ◽  
Jel Classification ◽  
Education Quality ◽  
University Rankings ◽  
State Budget ◽  
World University Rankings ◽  
Higher Education Quality ◽  
The University

Abstract. Taking into account the fact that Standards and Guidelines for Quality Assurance in the European Higher Education Area identify employers at the level of one of the main stakeholders in higher education quality assurance, the authors of the publication conducted their survey within the non-grant project «Higher Education Quality Assessment». Among the focuses of the project attention were also those questions, the content of which was focused on clarifying the employers’ opinion on the existence of dependence of the higher education quality on the sources of its funding and specialization of the Institute of Higher Education.Using the tools of expert interviews and questionnaires, 184 employers from Kharkiv, Poltava, Sumy, as well as Ukraine-controlled parts of Donetsk and Luhansk regions were interviewed. The obtained results were considered through the prism of the analysis of university ratings in the direction of finding out the specialization and forms of ownership of those universities that occupied the so‑called top positions within its framework. The analysis revealed fundamental differences between the trends of the national academic rating «TOP—200 Ukraine» and the international university rating «QS World University Rankings» on the specialization and forms of ownership of leaders of the Institutes of Higher Education. It was found that among the top world level universities, classical Institutes of Higher Education dominate and  within the sample selected for analysis there exists parity between the amount of private and public Institutes of Higher Education. The analysis of the national academic rating allowed to state the fact that among the top Ukrainian universities, specialized Institutes of Higher Education dominate, and the share of private Institutes of Higher Education is absent at all. The perception of the results of the survey of employers and the results of the analysis of the university rankings’ content through the prism of the dependence of the higher education quality on its sources of funding and specialization of the university, allowed to formulate proposals for improving public policy in higher education sphere. Among the practical measures, the implementation of which, on the one hand, will improve the quality of higher education, and on the other — will contribute to optimization of the state budget usage for the higher education maintenance and development, it was proposed to develop and implement two state target programs, namely: Programs of priority development of specialized Institutes of Higher Education and the Program of priority development of classical Institutes of Higher Education. For each of these programs, the criteria for selecting of Institutes of Higher Education  for inclusion in the program were determined, as well as the limit amount number of its participants was determined. In addition, the article substantiates the need to involve employers into the higher education quality monitoring at the regional and state levels, as well as formulates proposals for improving the mechanisms of public administration over assurance of the higher education quality. Keywords: higher education quality; the survey of employers; dependence of the higher education quality on sources of its financing and specialization of the Institute of Higher Education; directions to improve content of public policy in the higher education sphere; state target program to ensure the priority development of higher education institutions. JEL Classification I28, I22, E61 Formulas: 0; fig.: 2; tabl.: 0; bibl.: 42.

scholarly journals МІСЦЕ ТА РОЛЬ ДЕРЖАВИ У ЗАБЕЗПЕЧЕННІ КОНТРОЛЮ ЯКОСТІ НАДАННЯ ЗВО ОСВІТНІХ ПОСЛУГ: АНАЛІЗ РЕЗУЛЬТАТІВ ОПИТУВАННЯ ЛАТВІЙСЬКИХ СТУДЕНТІВ

2019 ◽  
Vol 82 (1) ◽  
pp. 68-81
Author(s):  
MOROZ S.,
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Quality Control ◽  
Quality Assurance ◽  
Public Administration ◽  
Education Quality ◽  
Educational Services ◽  
Higher Education Quality ◽  
The University ◽  
The Relationship

За результатами аналізу відповідей студентів з Європейськогопростору вищої освіти було з’ясовано думку респондентів щодо місця таролі держави у забезпеченні контролю за якістю надання освітніх послугзакладом вищої освіти. Розглянуто особливості взаємовідносинінституту держави та інституції університету в контекстізабезпечення якості вищої освіти. Крім того, в статті обґрунтованонапрями вдосконалення змісту та практики використання механізмівдержавного управління якістю вищої освіти, а також визначенопріоритети використання суб’єктами державного управління окремихметодів впливу на систему забезпечення якості вищої освіти в Україні. Basing on the results of survey of answers of students from the Europeanhigher education space, there was determined an opinion of respondents as fora place and role of state in provision quality control of educational services ofhigher educational institutes. The features of the relationship between theInstitute of state and the institutes of the University in the context of provisionof higher education quality. In addition, the article substantiates the directionsof improving the content and practice of usage of mechanisms of statemanagement of the higher education quality, as well as determined thepriorities for the subjects of public administration to use certain methods ofinfluence on the system of quality assurance of higher education in Ukraine.

scholarly journals New Opportunities for Education Quality Management Systems Improvement at Higher Education Institutions

2019 ◽  
pp. 499-509
Author(s):  
Alexander Isayev ◽  
Elena Pyanzina
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Quality Management ◽  
Quality Management System ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Education Institution ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Education Quality ◽  
Management Systems ◽  
Quality Management Systems ◽  
Feedback Information

This paper aims at researching new opportunities for improving education quality management systems at higher education institutions. Methods of analyzing data procured from documents and expert estimates were used in the research. The paper analyzes main disadvantages of the existing education quality management systems at higher education institutions and indicates the cause thereof. Issues of education quality improvement are explored, based on increasing the volume of feedback information in colleges’ electronic information and educational environment. The authors have developed tools for improving the volume and quality of feedback information received within the educational process; they provide a description of these tools. Quality map of the current educational process determines the criteria for evaluating the academic process based on feedback indicators, while monitoring of the current academic process helps procure these. Based on these tools, the model of an improved quality management system is provided, which applies the strategy of management by deviations, mechanisms of quick management and mid-term planning of developing the college’s educational system. Conditions ensuring successful implementation of the new mechanisms of education quality management system at a higher education institution are analyzed. Overall, the paper demonstrates new opportunities for developing the education quality management systems at a higher education institution based on applying feedbackbased monitoring of the current academic process.

scholarly journals Organizational Features of Inclusive process of Teaching Students with Disabilities according to Adapted Basic Professional Educational Programs at the University

2021 ◽  
pp. 44-50
Author(s):  
A.G. Stanevsky ◽  
◽  
T.A. Guzeva ◽  
V.M. Krikun
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Students With Disabilities ◽  
Inclusive Education ◽  
Educational Programs ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Inclusive Process ◽  
Education Programs ◽  
Successful Employment ◽  
Organizational Features ◽  
The University

Researched is the problem of developing inclusive Higher education with an emphasis on the success of its completion and subsequent effective employment of graduates is very urgent. Today the number of students with disabilities requiring such training is estimated in the thousands. The accumulated experience of inclusive education confirms that vocational education, including higher education, provides the best vocational rehabilitation and subsequent successful employment of people with disabilities in the labor market. A key contribution to solving this problem is made by universities that create adapted educational programs for this category of students. The article summarizes the experience of the Bauman University on the creation of adapted basic professional educational programs for students with disabilities. The features of the organization of the inclusive educational process of learning, the features of the development and implementation of its methodological support: curricula, calendar educational schedules, competency matrices, work programs of disciplines and practices, assessment and other teaching materials are analyzed. The development and institutionalization of adoptive basic professional educational programs allows the university to pursue a targeted policy of attracting students with disabilities to higher education and ensures the success of mastering professional higher education programs approaching 90%, with 100% successful subsequent employment of graduates.

scholarly journals Student-oriented Learning and “Living Values” of the University: Strategic Interaction

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 387-399
Author(s):  
Galina A. Kulikovskaya ◽  
Nina A. Kulikovskaya
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Strategic Interaction ◽  
Educational Programs ◽  
Project Based Learning ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Sociological Research ◽  
The University ◽  
Russian Universities

The purpose of the article is to consider possible ways to improve the effectiveness of student-oriented education in Russian universities through strategic interaction with the basic principles of their life. It is well known that the involvement of students in the management of higher education institutions (HEIs), their active participation in determining the individual trajectories of their professional training increases the motivation of students, and therefore the quality of education. To do this, it is necessary not only to fix the principles of student self-government in the local regulations of the University, but also to build mechanisms for implementing these principles. In particular, this can be expressed in the structure and content of educational programs developed in accordance with educational standards, consisting of a mandatory part and a part formed by participants in educational relations. Project-based learning will help bridge the gap between theory and practice in teaching students. Inclusive education should be provided not only with infrastructure, but also with special training of teachers and the inclusion of specialized adaptation modules in educational programs. To ensure quality control of students ' knowledge, the professional level of teachers and the organization of the educational process, intra-University quality management systems for training specialists are being created.an important element of this system should also be the structure of student self-government. It is also necessary to understand that student-oriented learning is not limited to the educational process, but covers the organization of campus life, the possibility of self-realization of students in various public organizations, in creative teams, i.e. it is inextricably linked to the entire system of principles, goals, priorities - the Living Values of the University. In the context of improving the competitiveness of education in Russian universities, the article identifies and justifies ways to improve the effectiveness of student-oriented learning. In particular, there was a high demand for the possibility of students influence on their individual learning paths, self-realization through participation in projects, both in the educational process and in public life. The research uses the results of sociological research based on surveys of students and teachers, including online surveys, as well as the practice of organizing the educational process and extracurricular activities in Russian universities. The results obtained can be used to further improve the development strategies of higher education institutions, including to increase their attractiveness for foreign students.

scholarly journals Quality and Affordable Education through Quality Management Systems in Higher Education

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 151-160
Author(s):  
Muhammad Afif Hasbullah ◽  
Nisaul Barokati Selirowangi ◽  
Mohammad Syaiful Pradana ◽  
Buyun Khulel ◽  
Moh Hudi
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Quality Assurance ◽  
Quality Management ◽  
Education Quality ◽  
Management Systems ◽  
Quality Assurance System ◽  
Quality Management Systems ◽  
Assurance System ◽  
Higher Education Quality ◽  
Education Quality Assurance

The general goal of education is to develop Indonesian people completely in the sense that carried out education still maintain unity, diversity and develop individual’s ideals. Every citizen has the right to obtain education equally with excellence and a balance (equity) between the utilization (access) with achievement. The higher education system must be able to create a quality higher education that is also affordable by the people of Indonesia. A university leader must be in-line and lead a "quality revolution". All energy and attention are focused on the "quality revolution". For this reason, this paper will examine the Implementation of Higher Education Quality Management Systems. As a case study is that has implemented a Quality Management System. According to Law No. 12 of 2012 concerning Higher Education. Quality Higher Education is Higher Education that produces graduates who are able to actively develop their potential and produce Science and / or Technology that is useful for the Community, nation, and country. The government operates a higher education quality assurance system to get quality education. The Higher Education quality assurance system referred to consists of: a. internal quality assurance system developed by Higher Education; and b. external quality assurance system carried out through accreditation. Implementation of Quality Management Systems in Higher Education can produce Quality and Affordable Education.

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