Quality assurance and the role of accreditation: an overview

The paper starts by identifying the increasingly diverse range of users, providers and other stakeholders in higher education, which has led to concern for quality for the protection of the users. We then discuss the evolution of the concept of quality and define it in its various forms. We focus on...

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Autores: Sanyal, Bikas C, Martin, Michaela
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2007
País:España
Institución:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
Repositorio:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:upcommons.upc.edu:2099/8095
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2099/8095
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Education, Higher
Ensenyament universitari
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Desenvolupament humà i sostenible
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spelling Quality assurance and the role of accreditation: an overviewSanyal, Bikas CMartin, MichaelaEducation, HigherEnsenyament universitariÀrees temàtiques de la UPC::Desenvolupament humà i sostenibleÀrees temàtiques de la UPC::Ensenyament i aprenentatge::Ensenyament universitariThe paper starts by identifying the increasingly diverse range of users, providers and other stakeholders in higher education, which has led to concern for quality for the protection of the users. We then discuss the evolution of the concept of quality and define it in its various forms. We focus on fitness of purpose, fitness for purpose and standard-based quality, and justify concern for quality assurance. We discuss three quality assurance mechanisms: quality audit, quality assessment and accreditation. We then identify the purposes of accreditation: quality control, accountability, transparency, academic mobility and quality enhancement. Different types of accreditation for institutions and programmes are then identified and described, with seven broad categories and four sub-categories of coverage. Examples of good practices are provided in each category. The paper then describes the accreditation process, including general and specific criteria, means of verifying that institutions meet the criteria using quantitative and qualitative data, the decision-making process, the outcome report and follow-up actions. The management and affiliation of accreditation systems is then discussed, including the role of the state and accountability measures. Finally, we identify eleven issues at stake. The paper ends with some general strategies for effective accreditation at the national, agency and institutional levels.Peer ReviewedPalgrave MacMillan20072007-01-0120092009-09-15journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501NAhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_be7fb7dd8ff6fe43info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/2099/8095reponame:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPCinstname:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)Inglésengopen accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Spainhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:upcommons.upc.edu:2099/80952026-05-27T15:37:01Z
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title Quality assurance and the role of accreditation: an overview
spellingShingle Quality assurance and the role of accreditation: an overview
Sanyal, Bikas C
Education, Higher
Ensenyament universitari
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Desenvolupament humà i sostenible
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Ensenyament i aprenentatge::Ensenyament universitari
title_short Quality assurance and the role of accreditation: an overview
title_full Quality assurance and the role of accreditation: an overview
title_fullStr Quality assurance and the role of accreditation: an overview
title_full_unstemmed Quality assurance and the role of accreditation: an overview
title_sort Quality assurance and the role of accreditation: an overview
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Sanyal, Bikas C
Martin, Michaela
author Sanyal, Bikas C
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Martin, Michaela
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Education, Higher
Ensenyament universitari
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Desenvolupament humà i sostenible
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Ensenyament i aprenentatge::Ensenyament universitari
topic Education, Higher
Ensenyament universitari
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Desenvolupament humà i sostenible
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Ensenyament i aprenentatge::Ensenyament universitari
description The paper starts by identifying the increasingly diverse range of users, providers and other stakeholders in higher education, which has led to concern for quality for the protection of the users. We then discuss the evolution of the concept of quality and define it in its various forms. We focus on fitness of purpose, fitness for purpose and standard-based quality, and justify concern for quality assurance. We discuss three quality assurance mechanisms: quality audit, quality assessment and accreditation. We then identify the purposes of accreditation: quality control, accountability, transparency, academic mobility and quality enhancement. Different types of accreditation for institutions and programmes are then identified and described, with seven broad categories and four sub-categories of coverage. Examples of good practices are provided in each category. The paper then describes the accreditation process, including general and specific criteria, means of verifying that institutions meet the criteria using quantitative and qualitative data, the decision-making process, the outcome report and follow-up actions. The management and affiliation of accreditation systems is then discussed, including the role of the state and accountability measures. Finally, we identify eleven issues at stake. The paper ends with some general strategies for effective accreditation at the national, agency and institutional levels.
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