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Akkreditierungsrat
The German System of Accreditation
Franz BörschAccreditation Council Office
www.akkreditierungsrat.de
SYSTEM
OBJECTIVES
STANDARDS
PROCEDURE
BOLOGNA
ECA
The German System of Accreditation
Association of Universities and other Higher Education Institutions / Standing Conference of the Ministers of Education and Cultural Affairs
Office
Accreditation Council
1. Four representatives from higher education institutions2. Four Länder representatives3. Five representatives from among professional practitioners4. Two students5. Two international representatives
appoint appoint
Agencies accredits
accredit
Programs
Agencies
accredit
SYSTEM
OBJECTIVES
STANDARDS
ProgramsPROCEDURE
BOLOGNA
ECA
SYSTEM
OBJECTIVES
STANDARDS
PROCEDURE
BOLOGNA
ECA
Accreditation: Standards and Criteria
1. quality requirements for accrediting study programs
criteria
2. quality requirements for accrediting agencies
standards
The Objectives of Accreditation
Assuring Quality
minimum requirements in terms of subject and content and
in terms of its professional relevance ...
Creating Transparency
standards, definition of the key competencies (output), publication of the quality policies / database on
AR-website ...
Offering Diversity
peer review, no detailed catalogues of criteria, creative scope for the HEI ...
Improving Mobility
mutual recognition of the national QA systems / the academic qualifications ...
SYSTEM
STANDARDS
OBJECTIVES
PROCEDURE
BOLOGNA
ECA
The Basic Standards: Accrediting AgenciesSYSTEM
STANDARDS
OBJECTIVES Independence of higher education institutions as well as of business, industry and professional associations
Participation of HEI and representatives of professional practice in decision making
Operation on the basis of the principles of transparency, efficiency and economy, not profit-oriented
Performance of accreditation for all types of higher education institutions and for several disciplines
National and international competence
Documentation of evaluation criteria and standards as well as staff qualifications
Internal measures of quality control and suitable practices of documentation and information
PROCEDURE
BOLOGNA
ECA
The Criteria: Accrediting ProgramsSYSTEM
STANDARDS
OBJECTIVES Quality and international compatibility
Requirements in respect of the quality and international compatibility of the curriculum
Employability
The professional qualification of graduates on the basis of a consistent and coherent program
Staff resources
Details of the staff resources for the program within the HEI,
composition of staff
Physical facilities
Availability of premises, equipment and other physical
facilities (lecture halls, seminar rooms, laboratories, library)
PROCEDURE
BOLOGNA
ECA
SYSTEM
STANDARDS
OBJECTIVES
PROCEDURE
BOLOGNA
ECA
Information/Criteria: Distance Learning Programs
Coherence of media application and learning outcomes
Usability and design of the software
Percentage of face-to-face-teaching modules (if intended)
media competencies
Learning-Management-Systems
Counselling practices
Tutorial practices
Constant access to technology
Appropriate teaching facilities
Opportunities for individual practice
The multi-phased Process of Accreditation
1. step: presentationcomposition of the application documents, sending in the application documents to an accreditation agency
2. step: site visithearing, interview of the applicants by the expert group,discussion evaluation report including the vote of the peers
3. step: decision of the Accreditation Commissionwith reference to the evaluation report of the peer group thecommission decides whether a) the program is accreditedb) the program is accredited with conditionsc) the accreditation is denied
4. step: publication of the decission on AR-website
PROCEDURE
SYSTEM
STANDARDS
OBJECTIVES
BOLOGNA
ECA
QA and Bologna Process
BOLOGNA
PROCEDURE
SYSTEM
STANDARDS
OBJECTIVES
Communiqué of the Conference of Ministers responsible
for Higher Education in Berlin on 19 September 2003:
“The quality of higher education has proven to be at the
heart of the setting up of a European Higher Education
Area. Ministers commit themselves to supporting further
development of quality assurance at institutional, national
and European level. They stress the need to develop
mutually shared criteria and methodologies on quality
assurance.”
ECA
BOLOGNA
PROCEDURE
SYSTEM
STANDARDS
OBJECTIVES
International Networks
ARENQA:
Commonguidelines
INQA-HEE
Mutualrecognition:qualifications
ZAB / ENIC/NARIC
Mutualrecognition:procedures
D-A-CH, ECA, ...
Development of subject-orientedstandards(EQUAL, EQUIS,Tuning Project)
Development ofgeneric qualitystandards(JQI, Dublin De-scriptors, ECTS)
network
Agencies
Agencies
network
ECA
Mutual Recognition - Central Questions
What are the generic quality criteria for awarding Bachelor's or Master's degrees? Qualification framework
Which input and process oriented quality criteria (like the design of curricula, objectives of programmes, staff resources, etc) have to be taken into consideration? Code of good practice
What are the standards for the accreditation procedures and how the internal quality assurance measures of accreditation organizations have to be defined? Code of good practice
BOLOGNA
PROCEDURE
SYSTEM
STANDARDS
OBJECTIVES
ECA
BOLOGNA
PROCEDURE
SYSTEM
STANDARDS
OBJECTIVES
International Networks
ARENQA:
Commonguidelines
INQA-HEE
Mutualrecognition:qualifications
ZAB / ENIC/NARIC
Mutualrecognition:procedures
D-A-CH, ECA, ...
Development of subject-orientedstandards(EQUAL, EQUIS,Tuning Project)
Development ofgeneric qualitystandards(JQI, Dublin De-scriptors, ECTS)
network
Agencies
Agencies
network
ECA
ECA: Ultimate Aim and Instuments
“The ultimate aim of the European Consortium for Accreditation in HE is to achieve mutual recognition of accreditation decisions among the participating countries before the end of 2007.”
The key elements or instruments of the agreement of co-operation are:
1. A code of good practice, that defines the necessary requirements for accreditation organisations
2. A qualification framework, that provides quality criteria for awarding Bachelor’s, Master’s and doctoral degrees
3. A Publication format (accreditation report supplement), that serves to enhance the transparency of the quality of programmes or institutions
4. Selection criteria for external experts, that takes into account the key importance of the peer-review in accreditation procedures.
BOLOGNA
ECA
PROCEDURE
SYSTEM
STANDARDS
OBJECTIVES
ECA: The Code of Good Practice
The Code defines necessary requirements for accreditation
organizations
The Code serves to support the internal quality assurance
policies of an accreditation organization
The Code shall not lead to predominance of one single
point of view, but should promote “good practices”
The Code should be continuously updated to conform to
the current international “state of the art of good practices”
BOLOGNA
ECA
PROCEDURE
SYSTEM
STANDARDS
OBJECTIVES
Akkreditierungsrat
www.akkreditierungsrat.de
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