Quality Assurance/Accreditation in the Emerging European Higher Education Area: a possible scenario for the future

Haug, Guy

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“…25 (2007). This agency provides accreditation for the complete institution or specific study programs or courses (see for the general discussion on the different systems, Haug, 2003). The accreditation process by design follows more or less international standards and is designed as can be drawn from Figure 1 (for details, see also HEEP, 2004), with quality assurance being defined as:…”

Section: Current Strategies To Improve the Quality Of Higher Educatiomentioning

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Accreditation and quality assurance in the Egyptian higher education system

Schomaker

2015

Quality Assurance in Education

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Purpose -This study aims to analyze the quality of the Egyptian accreditation system. With a view on the high competition in the domestic labor market as well as with regards to the international competitiveness of Egyptian graduates and the potential role of Egyptian universities in the international market for higher education, a high quality of study programmes and the provision of skills which meet the employers' needs is a pressing issue for policymakers in Egypt, in particular in the light of the recent and ongoing transformation process. Design/methodology/approach -Based on a triangulation of document analysis and semistructured interviews, the authors analyze the strengths and weaknesses of the system of accreditation as well as current measures to improve quality in higher education and provide policy implications for further action undertaken by Egyptian policymakers to improve the accreditation system. Findings -First, the authors provide a sound overview of the newly established accreditation system in Egypt and analyze the role of the National Authority of Educational Quality Assurance and Accreditation within this process. Second, the paper addresses the structural shortcomings as well as implementation problems of the current accreditation system which limit the capacity of the national accreditation agency to provide accreditation for all institutions of higher education in Egypt and to ensure the overall quality of higher education. The role of peer reviewers is of pivotal importance in this context. A specific problem which has not been analyzed so far is the role of religious institutions, the so-called Al-Azhar institutions, in the accreditation process, and the consequences this will have for further developments in accreditation. Practical implications -The paper concludes with providing policy implications at the backdrop of the ongoing political transformation process in Egypt. Originality/value -The paper provides the first comprehensive analysis of the strengths and weaknesses of the Egyptian accreditation system and contributes to the understanding of the pivotal role of peer reviewers in this process. Also, for the first time, the challenges regarding accreditation of Al-Azhar institutions are targeted.

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Section: Current Strategies To Improve the Quality Of Higher Educatiomentioning

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Accreditation and quality assurance in the Egyptian higher education system

Schomaker

2015

Quality Assurance in Education

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“…En suma, la ges�ón y la medición de la calidad de los procesos y productos universitarios cons�tuyen un rasgo esencial de los nuevos arreglos de gobierno y administración de las ins�tuciones y del nuevo �po de relaciones entre los sistemas de educación superior y los gobiernos nacionales (Felt, 2002;Haug, 2003;Maassen, 2003;Neave y Vught, 1994). Por su lado, los procesos de mercadización introducen presiones adicionales al desplazar parcialmente la evaluación de la calidad desde las ins�tuciones y la esfera de las regulaciones públicas hacia la competencia por alumnos y pres�gios en el mercado de la enseñanza de pregrado (Trow, 1996;Dill, 2003), como se mostrará más adelante en relación al caso chileno (ver Sección 6.1.2.).…”

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Apuntes Sobre Sociología De La Educación Superior en Contexto Internacional, Regional Y Local

Brunner¹

2009

Estud. pedagóg.

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“…In contrast, the word 'accreditation', used in the USA since the 1930s, did not find its way into European specialized literature and official documents until very recently, but has rapidly become a catch word (Haug 2003, Augusti 2005. As has already been recalled, within European engineering there are large differences in accreditation practices: the present situation has been reviewed in detail (Augusti 2005) No shared accreditation or recognition system exists on the continental scale.…”

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Transnational recognition and accreditation of engineering educational programmes in Europe: perspectives in a global framework

Augusti

2006

European Journal of Engineering Education

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Quality Assurance/Accreditation in the Emerging European Higher Education Area: a possible scenario for the future

Cited by 61 publications

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Accreditation and quality assurance in the Egyptian higher education system

Accreditation and quality assurance in the Egyptian higher education system

Apuntes Sobre Sociología De La Educación Superior en Contexto Internacional, Regional Y Local

Transnational recognition and accreditation of engineering educational programmes in Europe: perspectives in a global framework

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