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PROGRAMME ACCREDITATION. Assoc. Prof. Ivan OSTROVSKÝ, PhD. Tbilisi, Georgia. November 2005. HIGHER EDUCATION. PAST. NO challenges NO responsibility. HIGHER EDUCATION. PRESENT. CHALLENGES. RESPONSIBILITY. HIGHER EDUCATION. FUTURE. CHALLENGES. RESPONSIBILITY. HIGHER EDUCATION. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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PROGRAMME PROGRAMME ACCREDITATIONACCREDITATION
Assoc. Prof. Ivan OSTROVSKÝ, PhDAssoc. Prof. Ivan OSTROVSKÝ, PhD
Tbilisi, GeorgiaTbilisi, Georgia
November 2005November 2005
HIGHER EDUCATIONHIGHER EDUCATION PASTPAST
NO challengesNO responsibility
HIGHER EDUCATIONHIGHER EDUCATION PRESENTPRESENT
CHALLENGESCHALLENGES
RESPONSIBILITYRESPONSIBILITY
HIGHER EDUCATIONHIGHER EDUCATION FUTUREFUTURE
CHALLENGESRESPONSIBILITY
HIGHER EDUCATIONHIGHER EDUCATION
CHANGESCHANGES
CHALLENGESCHALLENGES
non-elite approach = massification, free accessnon-elite approach = massification, free access higher education as a businesshigher education as a business student as a „customer“student as a „customer“ competition for studentscompetition for students globalisationglobalisation less autonomy, more governmentless autonomy, more government
Quality Assurance !!!Quality Assurance !!! Transparency and AccountabilityTransparency and Accountability Open European Higher Education AreaOpen European Higher Education Area
EUROPEAN TRENDSEUROPEAN TRENDS
HIGHER EDUCATIONHIGHER EDUCATION
QUALITY, QUALITY ASSURANCEQUALITY, QUALITY ASSURANCE
quality as excellencequality as excellence quality as „zero errors“quality as „zero errors“ quality as „fitness for purpose“quality as „fitness for purpose“ quality as transformationquality as transformation quality as thresholdquality as threshold quality as enhancementquality as enhancement
ConceptConcept
EUROPEAN TRENDSEUROPEAN TRENDS
Many experts interpret the quality in higher education Many experts interpret the quality in higher education as ”fitness for purpose” even the technologies for as ”fitness for purpose” even the technologies for measure and ensure it are of very wide range including measure and ensure it are of very wide range including thresholds, benchmarking, excellence and enhancement.thresholds, benchmarking, excellence and enhancement.
HIGHER EDUCATIONHIGHER EDUCATION
MAIN PLAYERS/USERSMAIN PLAYERS/USERS
autonomyautonomy responsibilityresponsibility
UniversityUniversity
positionposition rolerole developmentdevelopment ownerowner providerprovider
GovernmentGovernment partpartnerner fundingfunding decision-makingdecision-making
PublicPublic user/customeruser/customer sponsoringsponsoring decision-makingdecision-making
EUROPEAN TRENDSEUROPEAN TRENDS
HIGHER EDUCATIONHIGHER EDUCATION
CHARACTERISTIC STRUCTURECHARACTERISTIC STRUCTURE
UniversityUniversity
QUALITY ASSURANCEQUALITY ASSURANCE
positionposition
ownerowner providerprovider
GovernmentGovernment partpartnerner
PublicPublic user/customeruser/customer
Quality Quality Assurance Assurance BodyBody
PROGRAMME ACCREDITATIONPROGRAMME ACCREDITATION POSITIONPOSITION
University ownerowner providerprovider
AccreditationAccreditation CommissionCommission
Programme Programme AccreditationAccreditation
PublicPublic user/customeruser/customer
political authoritypolitical authority
professional authorityprofessional authority
GovernmentGovernment
PROGRAMME ACCREDITATIONPROGRAMME ACCREDITATION ROLEROLE
University
ownerowner providerprovider
AccreditationAccreditation CommissionCommission
Programme Programme AccreditationAccreditation
PublicPublic user/customeruser/customer
political authoritypolitical authority
professional authorityprofessional authority
GovernmentGovernment
STATE guarantySTATE guaranty PROFESSIONAL guarantyPROFESSIONAL guaranty
ResponsibilityResponsibility transparencytransparency accountabilityaccountability
PROGRAMME ACCREDITATIONPROGRAMME ACCREDITATION MECHANISMMECHANISM
University ownerowner providerprovider
AccreditationAccreditation CommissionCommission
PublicPublic user/customeruser/customer
political authoritypolitical authority
professional bodyprofessional body
GovernmentGovernment
STATE STATE guarantyguaranty PROFESSIONAL guarantyPROFESSIONAL guaranty
PROPOSAL(dossier)
DIPLOMA(quality value)
LICENCE(accreditation)
DE
CIS
ION
(pro
po
sal)
advisory bodyadvisory body
PROGRAMME ACCREDITATIONPROGRAMME ACCREDITATION PRACTICEPRACTICE
University ownerowner providerprovider
AccreditationAccreditation CommissionCommission
PublicPublic user/customeruser/customer
political authoritypolitical authority
professional bodyprofessional body
GovernmentGovernment
DIPLOMA(quality value)
DE
CIS
ION
(pro
po
sal)
advisory bodyadvisory body
CRITERIA
WorkingGroups
LICENCE(accreditation)
PROPOSAL(dossier)
PROGRAMME ACCREDITATIONPROGRAMME ACCREDITATION RESULTSRESULTS University
PublicPublic user/customeruser/customer
political authoritypolitical authority
GovernmentGovernment
STATE guarantySTATE guaranty PROFESSIONAL guarantyPROFESSIONAL guaranty
PROPOSAL(dossier)
DE
CIS
ION
(pro
po
sal)
≥ 2000Accredited study
programmes
JobLicence
DIPLOMA(quality value)
OVERBURDENED!OVERBURDENED!
LICENCE(accreditation)
AccreditationAccreditation CommissionCommission professional bodyprofessional body
HEIs are able succesfully adapt to their particular HEIs are able succesfully adapt to their particular situation in the country and the national environment;situation in the country and the national environment; QAS is a long term game (years) togQAS is a long term game (years) togethether with the er with the development of a new institutional policy;development of a new institutional policy; Strong demand for enough tools for the academic quality Strong demand for enough tools for the academic quality
monitoringmonitoring
PROGRAMME ACCREDITATIONPROGRAMME ACCREDITATION
QUALITY ASSURANCE SYSTEMQUALITY ASSURANCE SYSTEM help not punishment !help not punishment ! simple, transparent, out of bureaucracy !simple, transparent, out of bureaucracy ! dissemination of results and their changes !dissemination of results and their changes ! quality enhancement must be assured !quality enhancement must be assured ! avoid diversity - must be uniform!avoid diversity - must be uniform!
What lessons can be learn?What lessons can be learn?
is there a vision?is there a vision?
opportunities and opportunities and constraints for HEconstraints for HE
notnot competing in the competing in the learning society...learning society...
competingcompeting in the learning in the learning society...society...
competing competing in the learning in the learning society...society...
Thomas Hobbes: Leviathan (1651)Thomas Hobbes: Leviathan (1651)
““If we acknowledge that universities If we acknowledge that universities represent sources of civil and moral represent sources of civil and moral teaching for preachers and country teaching for preachers and country nobility to draw their strength from it and nobility to draw their strength from it and then spread it among people, great care then spread it among people, great care should be paid to keeping these sources should be paid to keeping these sources clean, neither muddied by godless clean, neither muddied by godless politicians nor bewitched by bad ghosts.”politicians nor bewitched by bad ghosts.”
