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Title: INQAAHE GUIDELINES OF


1
  • INQAAHE GUIDELINES OF
  • GOOD PRACTICE
  • A FOUNDATION TO ESTABLISHING
  • QUALITY ASSURANCE
  • AGENCIES
  • 17 MAY 2006
  • THE HAGUE
  • Facilitator Dr. Marjorie Peace Lenn
  • Executive Director
  • Center for Quality Assurance in
  • International Education
  • Washington, D.C.
  • www.cqaie.org

2
GGP 1 MISSION STATEMENT
  • WRITTEN STATEMENT
  • INCLUDES
  • CULTURAL/HISTORICAL CONTEXT
  • CLARIFIES EXTERNAL QUALITY ASSURANCE AS CORE
    FUNCTION
  • REFLECTS IN POLICIES AND MANAGEMENT

3
GGP 1 SOURCES OF EVIDENCE
  • MISSION STATEMENT
  • POLICY/STRATEGY OF AGENCY
  • MANAGEMENT PLAN
  • LEGISLATION
  • http//www.neasc.org/neasc/
  • mission.htm New England Association of Schools
    and Colleges

4
GGP 2 RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN
AGENCY AND HIGHER ED INSTITUTIONS
  • RECOGNIZES THAT QUALITY IS PRIMARILY
    RESPONSIBILITY OF INSTITUTIONS THEMSELVES
  • RESPECTS AUTONOMY, IDENTITY INTEGRITY OF
    INSTITUTIONS
  • APPLIES STANDARDS DEVELOPED IN CONSULTATION WITH
    INSTITUTIONS
  • HAS DUAL PURPOSES ACCOUNTABILITY AND IMPROVEMENT

5
GGP 2 SOURCES OF EVIDENCE
  • POLICIES MANUALS
  • FEEDBACK FROM INSTITUTIONS AND STAKEHOLDERS
  • AGENCY SELF REVIEWS
  • REPORTS FROM EXTERNAL REVIEWS OF AGENCY
  • Example Declaration of Good Practice, National
    Commission on Academic Accreditation and
    Assessment, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (Draft Policy
    Statement)

6
GGP 3. DECISION-MAKING
  • INDEPENDENCE OF DECISION-MAKING
  • IMPARTIAL, RIGOROUS, THOROUGH, FAIR
  • CONSISTENT JUDGEMENTS

7
GGP 3 SOURCES OF EVIDENCE
  • MANUALS
  • INSTRUCTIONS FOR COMMISSION MEMBERS
  • LEGAL AND ETHICAL FRAMEWORKS STATEMENTS
  • TRANSPARENT ASSESSMENT FRAMEWORK CRITERIA
  • Example Handbook, National Quality Assurance and
  • Accreditation Commission (Egypt)
    http//www.qaap.net/test/public.htm
  • Manual Academic Accreditation Commission, United
    Arab Emirates

8
GGP 4 THE EXTERNAL
COMMITTEES (PANELS, TEAMS, COMMITTEES)
  • COMPOSITION IN COMPLIANCE WITH TRANSPARENT
    POLICIES
  • NO CONFLICTS OF INTEREST
  • EXTERNAL REVIEWERS TRAINED WELL
  • EXTERNAL REVIEWERS ACT INDEPENDENTLY IN
    JUDGEMENT

9
GGP 4 SOURCES OF EVIDENCE
  • TRANSPARENT PROCEDURES FOR APPOINTMENT
  • TRAINING MATERIALS AND POLICIES
  • CLEAR DELINEATION OF STAFF, COMMISSION AND
    EXTERNAL REVIEWER ROLES
  • Examples Policy Statement Hungarian
    Accreditation Council Workshop Notebook NCAAA
    Saudi Arabia Conflicts of Interest and
    Accreditation publication

10
GGP 5 PUBLIC FACE
  • INFORMS AND RESPONDS TO PUBLIC THROUGH
  • PUBLICATION OF POLICIES, PROCEDURES AND CRITERIA
  • REPORTING OPENLY ON ITS REVIEW DECISIONS

11
GGP 5SOURCES OF EVIDENCE
  • WEBSITE AND SITE MAP
  • LIST OF PUBLICATIONS
  • PRESS RELEASES
  • OTHER MEANS OF COMMUNICATION
  • NEWSLETTERS
  • RESPONDING TO EMAILS
  • Examples
  • CHEA Newsletter
  • Australian Universities Quality Agency website
    all institutional reports published

12
GGP 6 DOCUMENTATION
  • CLEAR DOCUMENTATION
  • 1. SELF-EVALUATION
  • Transparent purposes and process
  • Clear distinction between recommendations and
    requirements what is expected from the
    institution
  • 2. EXTERNAL REVIEW
  • Clear distinction between recommendations and
    requirements
  • Appropriate to core activities of an institution
    of higher education
  • Assurance that institutions/programs will be
    evaluated in an equivalent way even if the
    reviewers are different

13
GGP 6 SOURCES OF EVIDENCE
  • MANUALS
  • GUIDELINES
  • PROTOCOLS
  • EVALUATION FRAMEWORKS
  • PROOF OF ADHERENCE TO INTERNATIONALLY ACCEPTED
    GUIDELINES AND CONVENTIONS
  • Examples
  • Handbook, Hussein Fund for Excellence (Jordan)
    modeled on Quality Assurance Agency UK
  • Manual, AAC, United Arab Emirates
  • UNESCO Guidelines for Transnational Education
  • European/Asian Convention on Academic Recognition

14
GGP 7 RESOURCES
  • AGENCY HAS
  • ADEQUATE RESOURCES
  • HUMAN
  • FINANCIAL
  • EFFECTIVENESS
  • EFFICIENCY

15
GGP 7 SOURCES OF EVIDENCE
  • BUDGET
  • ACCOUNTS
  • ACTIVITIES, TASKS, WORKLOADS
  • FEE STRUCTURE FOR INSTITUTIONS/PROGRAMS
  • FEES FOR EXPERTS
  • AVERAGE COST OF EXTERNAL REVIEW
  • HUMAN RESOURCES PROFILES
  • BOARD
  • SECRETARIAT
  • Examples Fee Structure, Commission on
    Institutions of Higher Education, Northwest
    Association of Colleges and Schools (USA)

16
GGP 8SYSTEM OF APPEAL
  • AGENCY HAS
  • APPROPRIATE
  • METHOD FOR
  • APPEALS AGAINST
  • ITS DECISIONS

17
GGP 8 SOURCES OF EVIDENCE
  • TRANSPARENT POLICY PROCEDURES OF APPEAL
  • MULTIPLE YEAR RECORD OF APPEAL ACTIVITY
  • Example Appeal Process, Higher Learning
    Commission, North Central Association (USA)

18
GGP 9QUALITY ASSURANCE OF
THE QA AGENCY
  • AGENCY HAS SYSTEM OF CONTINUOUS/PERIODIC QUALITY
    ASSURANCE OF ITS OWN, RESPONSIVE TO CHANGING
    TIMES AND QUALITY IMPROVEMENTS
  • EVIDENCE THAT RESULTS OF REVIEW ARE USED

19
GGP 9 SOURCES OF EVIDENCE
  • QUALITY ASSURANCE PLAN/POLICY
  • FORMER SELF REVIEWS
  • REPORTS FROM EXTERNAL REVIEWERS
  • EXAMPLES OF FOLLOW-UP ACTIVITIES
  • INTERNAL EXTERNAL FEEDBACK
  • Examples
  • CNAP, Chile
  • Middle States Association (USA)

20
GGP 10COLLABORATION WITH
OTHER AGENCIES
  • Examples of Collaboration
  • Exchange of good practice
  • External review decisions
  • Providers of transnational education
  • Exchange of external reviewers
  • Joint projects
  • Staff exchanges

21
GGP 10 SOURCES OF EVIDENCE
  • Records of meetings with and visits from and to
    other agencies
  • Staff exchanges
  • Record of contact between agencies working on an
    issue
  • Participation in projects, conferences and
    workshops
  • Membership in networks and organizations
  • See list of regional QA networks
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