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- Title
Stakeholder Involvement in Quality Assurance of Higher Education Institutions: Turning Wishful Thinking into Reality.
- Authors
Ghițulică, Daniela-Cristina; Damian, Radu-Mircea
- Abstract
The analysis presented in the paper aims to investigate the viewpoints of different categories of stakeholders from Romania related to their effective engagement in quality assurance activities in higher education. There are also highlighted a few elements on the time evolution of this problem in the European Higher Education Area, as they are reflected in the documents of the Bologna Process, in correlation with the missions of higher education. The data were obtained using a questionnaire, sent in Romania to different categories of stakeholders, under the framework of the project “Effective Involvement of Stakeholders in External Quality Assurance Activities” – ESQA, co-financed by the Erasmus + Program, coordinated by the Ministry of Education of Romania in which ARACIS was a partner. The presented results show some differences between the level of agreement with the proposals aiming to ensure the effective participation of stakeholders in quality assurance activities. Thus, respondents representing categories of stakeholders from outside the academic communities, who are not well-informed about this concept, for instance, employers, expressed their intention to participate but mentioned some constraints, especially the lack of time for engaging in activities beyond their professional duties. The data served to draft and adopt by ARACIS of an Action Plan, aiming to stimulate stakeholders' genuine and effective engagement in higher education quality assurance.
- Subjects
ROMANIA; BOLOGNA (Italy); UNIVERSITIES &; colleges; QUALITY assurance; ERASMUS, Desiderius, d. 1536; QUALITY control; COMMUNITIES; HIGHER education; EDUCATIONAL quality
- Publication
Quality Assurance Review, 2021, Vol 11, Issue 1/2, p82
- ISSN
2066-9119
- Publication type
Article