Performance measurement and accountability in higher education: the puzzle of qualification completions

Alach, Zhivan

doi:10.1080/13583883.2015.1122828

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“…Реформирование высшего образования и институциональные ловушки Соответственно, в основе подхода к студенту как к «со-работнику», или «со-производителю», находятся совершенно другие философия и идеология (Alach, 2016), лежащие в основе возникающего таким образом в ходе проводимого реформирования, целевого и ценностного конфликта двух подходов (рыночного и традиционного), что проявляется в формировании устойчивых сценариев неэффективности в сфере высшего образования. Ряд экономических дисциплин изучают такие сценарии устойчивой неэффективности, воспроизводимые в различных сферах экономики, в частности это делают институциональная экономическая теория, а также экономика развития.…”

Section: менеджеризм и реформы в сфере высшего образования их критикаunclassified

Alternative Approaches to The Reform of Higher Education: Manageralism VS. New Public Service

Korytsev¹

2021

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The article is devoted to the analysis of alternative approaches applicable to modern reform of higher education. Last three decades, the set of management technologies of the new public management (NPM) has significantly transformed higher education, introducing application some elements of quasi-markets and metric systems of performance indicators. Their large-scale use was reinforced by the ideology of new manageralism, which builds confidence among managers in effectiveness of their application in higher education. However, the experience of their practical implementation has given rise to negative effects and problems associated with emergence of institutional traps. These traps have become serious obstacles to development of modern higher education. The possible alternative when adjusting development in this sphere can be the concept of “the new public service”, which has been implemented in recent years within civil service reform. This new approach is based on cultivating the set of ethical values and principles that promote openness, transparency, democracy and cooperation between bureaucrats and consumers of public services. Due to some specifics of professional activity in the academic environment, its principles and values can be successfully applied in higher education too. The article offers an interpretation of application of this approach in the context of expanding project education and cultivating key values of the academic community in context of management of higher education.

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Section: менеджеризм и реформы в сфере высшего образования их критикаunclassified

Alternative Approaches to The Reform of Higher Education: Manageralism VS. New Public Service

Korytsev¹

2021

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“…В качестве альтернативы указанному подходу выступает более традиционное для академической сферы восприятие студента, в своих основных чертах воспроизводимое до проведённой реформы, которое может быть описано нами как отношение к студенту как к со-работнику, или «со-производителю» («co-producer») (Alach, 2016). В этом случае студенты воспринимаются как часть системы высшего образования, фактически потенциальные или реальные партнеры преподавателей вузов.…”

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“…1). Источник: составлено автором на основе проведённого научного анализа (проведения исследования фокус-групп, а также анализа научной литературы (Alach, 2016;Petersen, 2015)).…”

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Formation of Alternative Approaches to the Modern Reform of Higher Education

Korytsev¹

2020

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One of the general factors that determined the direction of development and, at the same time, large-scale reform of higher education in many countries of the world was the widespread use of various technologies of new public management (NPM) as modern and popular management tools in public sector. Their application was supported and substantiated by the ideology of the new managerialism, which involves the active use of these technologies, along with stimulating the development of a competitive environment through quasi-market institutional approaches. The success of reforming higher education should be linked with the readiness to overcome these traps by significantly adjusting the vector of strategic changes, which should take into account the peculiarities of the logic of the functioning and reproduction of the professional academic community, involve it in the development of strategies for the development of universities, and the development of approaches to assess the effectiveness of their activities. The emergence of the number of institutional traps, stable self-replicating institutional norms, which generally negatively affect the results of higher education's functioning, are tested as negative side effects of the modern reforms. There are the traps of metrics, budget underfunding, human resources, bureaucratization, informatization and digitalization, and others. The values and expectations of the academic community, the features of the professional activities of its various components should be taken into account.

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“…International practice shows numerous examples of HEI rankings [3][4][5]. However, within these systems, the existence of different stakeholders and different needs and expectations with regard to developing, measuring, and monitoring performance systems to assess the quality of HEIs have not been entirely considered [6,7]. For instance, the authors of [8] state that the Shanghai ranking list must be considered highly controversial and questionable.…”

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Improvement of Quality of Higher Education Institutions as a Basis for Improvement of Quality of Life

2021

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This paper aims to propose a quality assessment model for higher education institutions in the technical–technological field and a system for decision support and optimal management strategies for quality improvement. Obtaining research results is based on surveying stakeholders in higher education and obtaining quantitative data regarding key performance indices. Quantitative data and the genetic algorithm method are applied to determine optimal management strategies for quality improvement. Quality in the higher education sector is among the current issues in the academic community. By monitoring and researching the higher education field and analysing the literature and the current situation in the system of higher education in developing countries, it can be concluded that there is no single way to assess the quality of higher education institutions. This knowledge was a good starting point for the research presented in this paper. Accordingly, the findings include developing a system for quality assessment and the ranking of higher education institutions. Additionally, evaluating the relevance of key performance indicators of higher education institutions differs from different stakeholder perspectives. However, it is possible to develop a system for decision support and the selection of the optimal strategy for improving the performance of study programs and higher education institutions with regard to quality. The practical implications include defining a decision support system that enables the adoption of optimal decisions by the management teams of higher education institutions to improve study programs and the performance of the higher education institutions. The presented system may enable the benchmarking, simulation, and verification of different scenarios for improving the quality and performance of higher education institutions. In this paper, the authors analysed the characteristics, benefits, and drawbacks of different ranking systems to develop and introduce a novel ranking system that suggests weights for the ranking criteria and different perspectives regarding new digital age requirements. The model was tested, and the results are presented to demonstrate the advantages of the developed model. The originality of the research lies in the presented novel model that can be made available to government institutions and serve as a basis for the overall ranking and evaluation of higher education institutions, with the possibility of developing a performance-based funding system. Additionally, other stakeholders can gain an insight into the performance of an institution in relation to their needs and goals.

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Performance measurement and accountability in higher education: the puzzle of qualification completions

Cited by 8 publications

References 58 publications

Alternative Approaches to The Reform of Higher Education: Manageralism VS. New Public Service

Alternative Approaches to The Reform of Higher Education: Manageralism VS. New Public Service

Formation of Alternative Approaches to the Modern Reform of Higher Education

Improvement of Quality of Higher Education Institutions as a Basis for Improvement of Quality of Life

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