Franco Praussello- University of Genoa- Italy FASQUAD (22th -26th April 2009) – University of...

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Franco Praussello- Franco Praussello- University of Genoa- Italy University of Genoa- Italy FASQUAD (22th -26th April 2009) – FASQUAD (22th -26th April 2009) – University of Ekaterinburg University of Ekaterinburg Quality Assurance within the Institutional Managemen

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Franco Praussello- Franco Praussello-

University of Genoa- ItalyUniversity of Genoa- Italy

FASQUAD (22th -26th April 2009) – FASQUAD (22th -26th April 2009) – University of University of

EkaterinburgEkaterinburg

Quality Assurance within the Institutional Management

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A General Framework for QA: 1 UNESCO definition of Quality Assurance:

“An all-embracing term referring to an ongoing, continuous process of evaluating (assessing, monitoring, guaranteeing, maintaining, and improving) the quality of a higher education system, institutions, or programmes”.

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Vlãsceanu et al., 2004: QA scope concerns not only accountability

and improvement of University performance, but also

providing information and judgments (not ranking) through an agreed upon and consistent process and well-established criteria,

taking into account the presence of both internal and external quality assurance checking mechanisms

A General Framework for QA: 2

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Prerequisites

Focus on a better definition of:

◦ Quality

◦ Institutional management

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Dimensions of Institutional Management Mission and Institutional Project

Strategic Planning

Governance and Leadership

Resources

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Mission and Institutional Project Pertinence and clearness of the project Mechanisms for sharing, communicating

and updating the project Commitment by the University community Timely changes in Mission

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Strategic Planning

A. Planning◦ Institutional and participating process◦ Methodology: devising, implementing, following

up and assessment ◦ Ability to adjust and flexibility ◦ Commitment by the Central Management

B. Qualitative and quantitative goals◦ Goals defined in a consensual way ◦ Setting up of success indexes ◦ Link with available resources

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Strategic Planning

C. Commitment ◦ Visibility◦ Time sheet◦ Optimization, effectiveness ◦ Linked to priorities◦ Mechanisms for resources use

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Governance and LeadershipA. Decision making procedures

◦ Linked to the planning◦ Coherence between intentions and goals ◦ Using effectively information◦ Ability to set up institutional studies within a given

background

B. Leadership◦ Legitimacy, orientation and shared governance ability Organization climate / culture.

C. Organization structure ◦ Flexibility and adaptation skills ◦ Ability to face strategic challenges

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Resources

A. Economic and human resources B. Technological Infrastructures C. Physical Infrastructures

◦ Optimization, effectiveness, ◦ linked to priorities

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