scholarly journals Quality Education Accreditation of the United States and Vietnam's Management Model

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 79
Author(s):  
Nguyen Duc Hanh
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
United States ◽  
Quality Assurance ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Dominant Role ◽  
Market Competition ◽  
The United States ◽  
State Control ◽  
Higher Education System

Accreditation is a solution for improving the quality of education in higher education institutions. Quality accreditation plays a dominant role that supports quality assurance management in the higher education system. The accreditation frameworks and external quality assurance are different between countries. The United States started quality accreditation very early, so it has a robust educational quality accreditation system, excellent support for the development of higher education institutions. Vietnam has only begun to conduct quality accreditation in recent years. At present, there are still some differences between Vietnam and the United States in quality management activities, but education quality accreditation of Vietnam is approximately similar the United States and carried out in three models: the model of central control of quality assurance of state; model of quality assurance combining between state control with the market competition; and model in which the state primarily leave responsibility for quality assurance to self-accrediting universities.

Centralisation and Decentralisation in Higher Education: a Comparative Study of Hungary and Germany

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carla Rodrigues Pimenta ◽  
Zoltan Rónay ◽  
András Német
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Quality Assurance ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Academic Programs ◽  
State Control ◽  
Higher Education System ◽  
Legal Documents ◽  
Close Relationship ◽  
Quality Assurance Standards

The main focus of this article is on comparing the centralisation and decentralisation in higher education in Hungary and Germany. This study explores trends in implementing quality assurance measures in higher education. It employs the methodology of document analysis to identify differences between the two nations in the level of autonomy they accord to higher education institutions in regulating quality assurance standards. Data collected from these documents demonstrate that the two countries have divergent approaches to higher education governance. In the Hungarian higher education system, management is centralised and monitored by the national government. This state control indicates limited autonomy amongst higher education institutions to organise academic programs. In contrast, the German legal documents examined in this study indicate a belief in the need to guarantee the quality of learning, teaching, research, academic freedom, gender equality, and institutional autonomy. The data collected reveal the close relationship between governance and quality assurance in discourses regarding the accountability, transparency, and freedom of stakeholders.

scholarly journals Who Guards the Guard?

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 71-90
Author(s):  
Nangula Lipumbu
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Quality Assurance ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Quality Assurance System ◽  
External Quality ◽  
Higher Education System ◽  
Quality Of Higher Education ◽  
Assurance System ◽  
Standards And Guidelines

Meta-evaluations by Quality Assurance Agencies (QAAs) aim to evaluate the quality of the evaluators of quality assurance. While such evaluations are the norm, especially in Europe, they are rare in Africa. A critical literaturereview was conducted to ascertain whether meta-evaluations were conducted in Namibia. The study estab-        -lished that such evaluations have yet to be practiced in the country. Drawing on Clark’s model of the organisa- -tional analysis of higher education institutions and the higher education system as an analytical lens, and based on the African Standards and Guidelines for Quality Assurance and some cases of meta-evaluation byQAAs, we argue for the need to conduct such evaluations in Namibia. The article provides an overview of QAAs’ operations and functions, as well as the current external quality assurance system for higher education inNamibia and justifies the necessity of meta-evaluation in the Namibian context in order to enhance the capacity of QAAs and the quality of higher education institutions. Key words: Higher Education, meta-evaluation, Namibia, quality assurance, Quality Assurance Agencies

scholarly journals INSTITUTIONAL MODEL OF HIGHER EDUCATION AS A FRAMEWORK OF KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT

2019 ◽  
Vol 31 (5) ◽  
pp. 1217-1222
Author(s):  
Rade Ratković ◽  
Dragana Žečević ◽  
Milica Vulević
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Quality Assurance ◽  
Knowledge Management ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Institutions Of Higher Education ◽  
Tuition Fees ◽  
Higher Education System ◽  
Study Programs ◽  
The Status

Process management in any organization is primarily limited by characteristics of the organization. This equally applies to higher education area. The management system for higher education institutions is based on its institutional characteristics. The essential elements on which the quality of knowledge management in higher education institutions depends are: the status of higher education institutions, the quality of institutions of higher education and the system of financing higher education institutions. In the case of Montenegro, as transition country, important elements of the system of higher education are defined by Low from 2018. The status of the institutions does not comply with international standards. We do not have the possibility for a clear international recognition of higher education institutions in Montenegro (University, College, College-University ), as well as clearly defined universities of academic and applied sciences university (Croatian University). The functionality and equity of higher education institutions must be ensured by regulations and change the disability status of independent faculties in the current legislation. Problematic points of the existing Law are related to the following: financial guarantee of continuity of study programs and re-accreditation of study programs. It is necessary to legislate new principles of higher education financing which support the balance between the financing of higher education institutions (on the basis of a contract on education of a certain staff profile) and direct student financing (through vouchers for the benefit of students, at the expense of the budget and / or granting loans to students education, which, depending on the achieved success, which students return to certain deadlines after graduation and employment). Tuition fees for all institutions of higher education must be based on an objectively determined cost of student studies, and tuition fees below the cost price (prohibition of dumping fees) should not be tolerated, except for the usual incentives, discounts and scholarships at the expense of the institution's funds, but not the funds that the institution receives from the budget. Accreditation and re-accreditation of the higher education institution should provide conditions for: internal quality assurance, external quality assurance and control of the process by quality assurance agencies. Under the conditions of this higher education system, uninterrupted development of modern forms of higher education is possible, especially one that is dominant in developed education systems, as well as the success of knowledge management in the higher education system.

DEVELOPMENT OF THE SYSTEM OF EXTERNAL PROVISION OF HIGHER EDUCATION IN UKRAINE: THE PAST, TODAY AND THE FUTURE

2019 ◽  
pp. 36-42
Author(s):  
V. Loza
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Quality Assurance ◽  
Education System ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
External Quality Assurance ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
External Quality ◽  
Higher Education System ◽  
The Law

The article presents the development of the system of external quality assurance of higher education in Ukraine. In particular, the positive and negative tendencies of the formation of the external security system in the post-Soviet period are considered, the situation of the present proceeding from the analysis of the Laws of Ukraine “On Higher Education” 2014 is outlined and "On Education" 2017, as well as the ways and prospects for its further transformation.In the first decade of Ukraine's independence, there has been a decline in the quality of higher education. The education management system of this period was, in fact, a Soviet model adapted to the needs of the transition period. Attempts by the state to further establish an effective institution of state accreditation of higher education institutions for a number of objective reasons (state monopoly on the decision of the conditions of accreditation of higher education institutions, non-competitiveness, opacity and non-accountability of the accreditation mechanism, corruption) revealed its inefficiency. The main trend in the higher education system of the late 1990s and early 2000s was the quantitative growth of higher education institutions, which was accompanied by a decrease in the quality of education and a significant imbalance of graduates' specializations to the needs of the labor market. Obvious losses were suffered by such advantages of Ukrainian education as fundamentality, systematic and practical orientation.The first steps aimed at improving the external quality assurance system of higher education was the Bologna Process, to which Ukraine joined in 2005, committing itself to make appropriate changes to the national education system and to join the work on setting priorities in the process of creating a single European Higher Education Area. The next key round of positive changes and integration processes in the European Union in the higher education system was the adoption of the Law of Ukraine "On Higher Education" of July 1, 2014, in which one of the important innovations was the creation of a National Agency for Quality Assurance in Higher Education and an attempt to legitimize the idea of independent institutions of assessment and quality assurance of education. The Law on Education, adopted on September 5, 2017, provided new opportunities for the development and enhancement of its competitiveness for education seekers, educators and educational institutions. The law has substantially distributed the powers and areas of responsibility of the authorities in education, significantly expanded the public's right to participate in the management and control of the activities of educational institutions and authorities, etc. The strategy of development of civic education for the period up to 2022 aims to form a holistic system of education, to create appropriate conditions for the functioning of the education system, implementation of the system of monitoring the quality of education and assessment of civic competences.The above points to the future positive changes in the creation of an effective system of external quality assurance of higher education aimed at joining the European educational, scientific and professional space.

Educational Entrepreneurs in Tamil Nadu - A Profile

2015 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Siluvai Raja
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
United States ◽  
World Bank ◽  
Education System ◽  
Tamil Nadu ◽  
The United States ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Higher Education System ◽  
The Third ◽  
The World

Education has been considered as an indispensable asset of every individual, community and nation today. Indias higher education system is the third largest in the world, after China and the United States (World Bank). Tamil Nadu occupies the first place in terms of possession of higher educational institutions in the private sector in the country with over 46 percent(27) universities, 94 percent(464) professional colleges and 65 percent(383) arts and science colleges(2011). Studies to understand the profile of the entrepreneurs providing higher education either in India or Tamil Nadu were hardly available. This paper attempts to map the demographic profile of the entrepreneurs providing higher education in Arts and Science colleges in Tamil Nadu through an empirical analysis, carried out among 25 entrepreneurs spread across the state. This paper presents a summary of major inferences of the analysis.

scholarly journals International Student Transitions

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Muhammad Sharif Uddin
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
United States ◽  
United Kingdom ◽  
International Students ◽  
International Student ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
The United States ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
The U.S

Andrade and James Hartshorn (2019) surrounds the transition that international students encounter when they attend universities in developed countries in pursuit of higher education. Andrade and James Hartshorn (2019) describe how some countries like Australia and the United Kingdom host more international students than the United States (U.S.) and provides some guidelines for the U.S. higher education institutions to follow to host more international students. This book contains seven chapters.

Building a Culture of Trust in Higher Education Institutions

2021 ◽  
pp. 1763-1781
Author(s):  
Magdalena Platis
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Quality Assurance ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Quality Standards ◽  
Legal Issues ◽  
Perception Of Quality ◽  
Clear Insight ◽  
Culture Of Quality ◽  
Two Sides

Higher education institutions worldwide are evolving in a so-called quality assurance era in which quality standards are defined and implemented. Quality assurance has, in fact, two sides: one declarative, or formal, reflected into documents, proofs, and even statistics well prepared, and one practical, or informal, that behind all legal issues, the quality of processes is real. The contradiction between the two sides of the quality assurance contributes a false perception of quality and unethical institutional behavior. Higher education institutions can become ethical or more ethical through their people—management, academics, students, alumni, researchers. In other words, the culture of quality needs to be rebuilt towards trust. The objective of this chapter is to provide a clear insight to the contemporary state of higher education institutions' behavior and context to contribute to the building up of new quality management based on a trust in the area of education, research, and social development.

Broad Access and Steep Stratification in the First Mass System: High Participation Higher Education in the United States of America

2018 ◽  
pp. 227-265 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brendan Cantwell
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
United States ◽  
System Development ◽  
The United States ◽  
Present Condition ◽  
History Of Higher Education ◽  
Higher Education System ◽  
High Participation ◽  
The Usa ◽  
History Of

This chapter provides a detailed and extensive assessment of the United States of America’s (USA) high participation systems (HPS) of higher education. It considers the history of higher education, system development, and the present condition of higher education in the country. The USA was the first HPS and the American system remains globally influential. Higher education in the USA is a massive enterprise, defined by both excellent and dubious providers, broad inclusion, and steep inequality. The chapter further examines higher education in the USA in light of the seventeen HPS propositions. Perhaps more so than any other system, the American HPS conforms to the propositions. Notably, higher education in the USA is both more diverse horizontally, and stratified vertically, than most other HPS.

scholarly journals Challenges in Quality Assurance: A Ten-Year Journey

2020 ◽  
Vol 76 ◽  
pp. 01016
Author(s):  
Jenny Mochtar ◽  
Gan Shu San
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Quality Assurance ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Academic Standards ◽  
External Quality Assurance ◽  
Internal Quality ◽  
External Quality ◽  
Christian University ◽  
Internal Quality Assurance

Academic quality is defined as the equivalent to academic standards related to student learning outcomes, which consist of specific levels of knowledge, skills, and abilities achieved by students participating in a program. The achievement of academic standards is accommodated by implementing both internal and external quality assurance practices. Internal quality assurance refers to policies and practices used by the higher education institutions to monitor and improve the quality of their education, while external quality assurance refers to policies and practices set up by external parties to assure the quality of higher education institutions and programs. Petra Christian University has built and implemented its internal quality assurance since 2009 based on its unique quality culture. After its ten-year journey and the achievements that Petra Christian University has reached in 2019, the Industrial Revolution 4.0 and Society 5.0 are challenges ahead that Petra Christian University has to face.

Millennials and Moral Panic in the United States and beyond

2020 ◽  
Vol 63 (3) ◽  
pp. 496-505
Author(s):  
Emily Andrade ◽  
A. James McKeever ◽  
Roberto Rivera ◽  
Elizabeth Withers ◽  
Hyeyoung Woo
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
United States ◽  
Criminal Justice ◽  
South Korea ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Moral Panic ◽  
The United States ◽  
Transitions To Adulthood ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
New Generation

There have been numerous discourses around millennials and some of them may sound worrisome. To discuss millennials and moral panic, this study looks at three different areas (i.e., criminal justice, teaching at higher education institutions, and transitions to adulthood in South Korea) with some issues pertinent to millennials and younger generations faced in society currently. Drawing on a wide range of the literature, this study attempts to recognize unique characteristics of our younger generations, to find ways to better understand them using multiple angles, and to identify reasons why we should stay hopeful about the future. Our society will continue to change, often in unpredictable ways, and there will always be a new generation on the horizon. Efforts should be made to work with younger generations, learning from each other and finding ways to work together.

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