Year: 2023
Type: article
Abstract: In the context of the importance and significance of the quality assurance of higher education, the article reveals the peculiarities of assessing the quality of higher vocational education in European countries and the United States, with the aim of implementing foreign experience in national educational practice. The article describes the options for solving the urgent problem of assessing the quality of higher education on the European continent and in the United States. The main networks of national agencies specializing in assessing the quality of higher professional education in different countries are characterized. The scientific interpretation of the concept of "quality of education" by national and foreign scholars is analyzed. The article attempts to systematize the available approaches to assessing the quality of higher vocational education in different foreign countries; identifies common features of higher education quality assessment inherent in the entire system of higher education in Europe and the United States; notes the distinctive features of higher education quality assessment in foreign countries. The features of types of higher education quality assessment systems are characterized. The author presents nine commonly accepted criteria for university accreditation: university integrity; goals, planning and effectiveness; management and administration; educational programs; faculty and staff; library, computers and other sources of information; student services and educational conditions; material resources, facilities, equipment; and finances. The main networks of national and regional accreditation agencies specializing in assessing the quality of higher education in different countries are characterized. The main standards and approaches to the accreditation process are characterized and the types of accreditation are defined. The article discusses the main methods of assessment in the European Union, which are: assessment, accreditation, audit and ranking. The conclusions emphasize the importance of taking into account foreign experience in the process of reforming and modernizing the system of education quality assessment and accreditation of Ukrainian higher education institutions
Author: Iryna Zabiiaka
Institution: Lutsk National Technical University
Language: English
Subfield: Education
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
SDG: Quality education
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4389890429