Efficiency of Accreditation Procedures in Slovenia-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Efficiency of Accreditation Procedures in Slovenia

Published:2022-06-24 Issue: Volume: Page:153-161
ISSN:2327-6983
Container-title:New Perspectives on Using Accreditation to Improve Higher Education
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Author:

Faganel Armand¹^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. University of Primorska, Slovenia

Abstract

Quality assurance in higher education already has a long tradition. Internal and external quality assurance procedures guarantee the quality of education and research nowadays. It doesn't matter if the higher education institutions are private or public. They have to demonstrate the diligent handling of the financial resources they have acquired. Slovenian quality assurance agency (SQAA) is an autonomous and independent body that operates according to the standards and guidelines for quality assurance in the European higher education area. The Slovenian Court of Audit audited the quality assurance procedures SQAA in order to determine whether higher education study programs are of high quality and diverse. The audit discovered some inefficiencies of the evaluation and accreditation procedures, and in this chapter, the response and correction activities of the SQAA are being studied. Based on the findings, some recommendations for transparent work of quality assurance agencies are presented.

Publisher

IGI Global

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