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FurtherTopicsofAccreditationin HigherEducation
JrgenEbert Universityof K bl U i it f KoblenzLandau L d July 19th,2012

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Disclaimer
Thecontents The contents of this presentation partly build on on materialfrom ASIIN [www.asiinev.de]. TheaccreditationagencyASIINe.V.wasfoundedin1999. Itisorganizedasamembershipbasednotforprofit associationunderGermanlaw. Note:ASIINalsohas Russian pages onits website!

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Tableof Contents
0.Recapitulation (with ASIINslides) 1.SystemAccreditation 2.InternationalAccreditation (incl.internationalsystem accreditation) 3.Structure of ASelfReport 4.QualityAssuranceat the Universityof KoblenzLandau
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0.RECAPITULATION

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Whodoeswhatduringthe accreditationprocess? accreditationprocess?

AuditTeams TechnicalCommittees Accreditation Commission

TheAuditTeams
Aresetupondemand 45persons[Industryandbothtypes ofuniversities] Briefing ViewthedocumentsoftheUniversity VisitandInterviewtheUniversity(2 days) Createfinalreport Coordinatethefinalreportwiththe University Givereportandstatementwith recommendationstotheTechnical CommitteesandtheAccreditation Commission

TheTechnicalCommittees
Developandimprovethefieldspecific criteriaforthestudy proposetheexpertsfortheaudit teams Checkreportstatementsofthepeers Makearecommendationtothe accreditationcommissions

TheCommission
Setsupthestandards,proceduresand requirementsforaccreditation Nominatesthemembersofthe TechnicalCommittees NominatestheAuditTeams Issuestheaccreditationdecisionon thebasisofthepeerreviewresults

supportbyheadquartersstaff: responsibleassignedtoeachprocedure

AccreditationProcess inanutshell AccreditationProcess inanutshell

Application PeerReview Decision

OfficialRequest Tender/Contract

Onsitevisit

TechnicalCommittee(s)
(Recommendation)

SelfAssessmentdraft

Accreditationreport first version Accreditation CommissionforStudy Programs (finaldecision)

Formalcheckup

Responsetothereport Response to the report

Submissionoffinalself assesment

Peersfinal recommendation

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APeerReview TheAuditTeam APeerReview

ASIIN has a pool of about 1,500 peers Standard team for initial accreditation: 4 ASIIN peers representatives from
Technical Universities or Universities (more research oriented; 1-2 peers) Universities of Applied Sciences (1-2 peers) Industry (1 peer) Independence Expertise Comprehensiveness Authority

Principles:

If possible, appointment of foreign peers

TheOnSiteVisit TheOnSiteVisit SampleAuditSchedule

Standard 1-Day Audit (in Germany; to be adapted in foreign countries)
Preceding evening
By 17:00 Arrival of the audit team 17:00 Preliminary meeting of the audit team Focus areas: Analysis of the application for accreditation; unanswered questions; topics for discussion on-site

Audit

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Opening meeting with the programme coordinators and the institution of higher education administration Focus areas: Foc s a eas The instit tions de elopment plans; the position of the subject/ institutions development plans s bject/ degree programme within the institutional context; the profile and development prospects of the subject / degree programme from the perspective of the institutions administration Study, teaching and research at the participating institutions; staff planning; cooperation; development prospects; resources; communication and coordination; organisation of the course of study and teaching management; quality assurance Break, internal discussions

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TheOnSiteVisit TheOnSiteVisit SampleAuditSchedule

09:30 Meeting with the programme coordinators Focus areas: Objectives; curriculum; programme structure; teaching and research content and methods; guidance and supervision of students; organisation of examinations; success of the programme; labour market relevance Break, internal discussions Meeting with students at different stages of the degree programme and the student body (especially in the case of reaccreditation) j g p g ; Focus areas: Objectives and the degree programme; course content, organisation and structure of the programme; examinations; guidance and supervision of students; working conditions; study abroad Lunch, internal discussions

11:00 11:15

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TheOnSiteVisit TheOnSiteVisit SampleAuditSchedule

13.00 13:45 3 Perusal of examination papers, project work and final theses Meeting with the teaching staff of the d i i h h hi ff f h degree programme Focus areas: Curriculum; programme structure; teaching content and methods; guidance and supervision of students; professional development of teaching staff Tour of the participating institutions Inspection of laboratories, technical equipment, study-related facilities (e.g. library, rooms for teaching and study), projects Final internal consultations of the audit team Closing meeting with the programme coordinators Focus areas: Summary of the impressions gained during the day by the audit team; opportunity for the programme coordinators to provide additional explanations or clarify points that remain unclear Conclusion of audit

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1.SYSTEM ACCREDITATION

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SystemAccreditation
Systemaccreditationfocusesontheinternalquality System accreditation focuses on the internal quality managementofaHEIandespeciallyonitseffectsonthe serviceprocessesintheareaofstudyandteaching. Itdoesnot reviewindividualqualityassuranceactivities buttheirsystematiccompositionandsteering. TheQMinstrumentsandprocessesforaHEIarenot predefined,butmustratherbeselectedandimplemented individually byeachinstitutionaccordingtoitsown quality objectives.
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ProgrammeandSystemAccreditation underGermanLaw
Programme accreditation Object Individual study programmes System accreditation Institutional units (HEIs, under certain circumstances also departments) Assessment of quality management system with regard to the qualification process (studies and teaching); with random programme assessments

Focus

Assessment of individual programme with focus on achievement of learning outcomes coherence of the qualification process ( bj ti (objectives i input t ouctomes) For each individual programme

Certificate

For the institution/system Programmes introduced under the accredited system are accredited under German law
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SystemAccreditation:Principles
Thesystemaccreditationprocessassessestheconsistencyand effectivenessofqualitymanagementforqualification effectiveness of quality management for qualification processes(studiesandteaching)whichisimplementedinorder toachievetheobjectives. Fortheawardofasystemaccreditationcertificate,HEIsmust demonstrate competence inmanagingquality effectiveness ofthequalitymanagementfor qualificationprocesses.
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SystemAccreditationinGermany
Systemaccreditation System accreditation is based on the idea that a good onthe idea,that agood quality assurance system guarantees that allcourses of study inits area fulfill the standards of programme accreditation. SystemAccreditationinGermanyis only possible,if several programme accreditations have been done successfully. Aftersystem accreditations the internally assessed study programmes are accredited automatically.

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Boardsand Committees

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AccreditationCommision
ASIINAccreditationCommissionforQualityManagement ASIIN Accreditation Commission for Quality Management Systems: definestheproceduralprinciplesandstandardsforthe accreditationofQMsystems takesnecessaryactionsfortheinternationalrecognition ofthedecisionsonaccreditation nominatesandappointstheAuditTeamsfortheQM systemstobeaccredited decidesontheaccreditation oftheQMsystemsbasedon theexpertopinionsoftheAuditTeams
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Results,Seals
Apositivesystemaccreditationatteststhatthequality management ofanHEI(intheareaofstudyandteaching)is qualifiedtoensurecertainqualitystandardsforits organisation anddegreeprogrammes. Itcomeswiththeseals ofASIIN andoftheGerman It comes with the seals of ASIIN and of the German AccreditationCouncil.

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Consequences
Systemaccreditation providestheHEIswiththeopportunity totakeonresponsibilityfortheinternalandexternalquality reviewsandtheirresultsandincludetheseinatargeted strategicplanning. Atpresent,thereisone universityaccredited: At present there is one university accredited: JohannesGutenbergUniversityMainz

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INTERNATIONALACCREDITATIONS

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E4Group
Several European associations try to coordinate the national Europeanassociations national activities of differententities inthe Bolognaprocess: forqualityassuranceagencies:ENQA forstudents:ESU foruniversities:EUA forotherhighereducationinstitutions:EURASHE TogethertheyformtheE4Group,whichisleadbyENQA (EuropeanAssociationforQualityAssuranceinHigherEducation).
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ESG
TheE4Groupagreed on The E4 Group agreed on StandardsandGuidelinesforQualityAssurance intheEuropeanHigherEducationArea(ESG) whichwereadoptedbytheBolognaProcessministerial summitinBergen (Norway)in2005. TheESGguidelinesarethebasisforthemutualrecognitionof nationalaccreditationsandforinternationalaccreditation.

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ESG

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ESG

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ESG

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EQAR
TheEuropeanQualityAssuranceRegisterforHigher Education(EQAR)liststhoseagencies,thatsubstantially complywiththecommonsetofprinciplesforquality assuranceinEuropeaslaiddownintheESG. Thelistedagencieshavepassedanexternalreviewby independentexperts. independent experts Theregister iswebbasedandfreelyaccessible: [http://www.eqar.eu/]
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InternationalAccreditation
Accreditationby anagency (e.g.,ASIIN)is done along its own GeneralCriteria General Criteria (which conform to ESG), irrespective of the ESG),irrespectiveofthe countrytheapplyingorganisation islocatedin. ThosepartsoftheGeneralCriteriarelatedspecificnational andregional structuralfeaturesandlegalprovisionsmaynot beappliedinothercountriesorregions. But,theseelementmaybeadapted tonationalorregional standards,ifnecessaryandnotinconflictwiththeGeneral Criteria.
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InternationalAccreditation
Criteria learningoutcomeorientation, feasibilityoftheprogramme, expertandprofessionalqualityfeatures efficiencyoftheorganisation reviewed, includingits(QM)managementcompetence, i l di i (QM) directivesofENQAandEQAR

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InternationalSystemAccreditation
Requirementsandproceduralprinciplesforaninternationally availableASIINsystemsealarecurrentlydevelopedandwill beavailable(probably)inOctober. (ThesealoftheGermanAccreditationCouncilisonlygiven insideGermany,ofcourse.) inside Germany of course ) Internationally,asystemcanbeaccreditedwithout having programme accreditationsfirst.
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described with slides from ASIIN

4.STRUCTURE OF ASELFREPORT

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StructureoftheReport StructureoftheReport FormalData

StructureoftheReport StructureoftheReport Objectives&Demand

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StructureoftheReport StructureoftheReport EducationalProcessI

StructureoftheReport StructureoftheReport EducationalProcessII

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StructureoftheReport StructureoftheReport ResourcesI

StructureoftheReport StructureoftheReport ResourcesII

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StructureoftheReport StructureoftheReport ResourcesIII

StructureoftheReport StructureoftheReport AttainmentofObjectives

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StructureoftheReport StructureoftheReport QualityAssurance

StructureoftheReport StructureoftheReport Appendices

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SuccessRate
Students sucessfully complete the study program program

NumberofGraduates

SuccessRate
Students sucessfully complete the study program program

Numberof b f Students

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StaffStructure
Serviceand scientific staff is supportive and Serviceand qualified qualified

NumberofStaff

StaffHandbook
Serviceand scientific staff is supportive and Serviceand qualified qualified

Qualification ofStaff

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Curriculum
Full transparancy of the program is guaranteed guaranteed

ProgramStructure S andWorkload

ObjectivesMatrix
Objectives are transparent,reasonable are transparent,reasonable supported by the content content

Exampleofan p ObjectivesMatrix

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Study&ExaminationRegulations
Full transparancy of the program is guaranteed guaranteed

Allregulationsmustensurecompliancewiththecriteria Legalconformityofregulationsisnotsubjecttothe accreditationandistheresponsibilityofHEI Theaccreditationprocedurecanbeperformedonthe basisofdrafts. Fullaccreditationrequiresregulationsputintoforce

DiplomaSupplement
Full transparancy of the program is guaranteed guaranteed

DiplomaSupplement formalinformation

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DiplomaSupplement
Full transparancy of the program is guaranteed guaranteed

DiplomaSupplement requirements& programstructure

DiplomaSupplement
Full transparancy of the program is guaranteed guaranteed

DiplomaSupplement gradingscheme

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DiplomaSupplement
Full transparancy of the program is guaranteed guaranteed

DiplomaSupplement Di l S l t Competencesand informationabout theHEI

DiplomaSupplement
Full transparancy of the program is guaranteed guaranteed

Diploma Supplement Supplement general informationabout thenational educationsystem

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5.QUALITYASSURANCEAT UNIVERSITYOF KOBLENZLANDAU

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CentralInstitutions
There is no central Center for Quality Assurance yet Centerfor QualityAssurance,yet. Qualityassurance is done inthe differentfaculties according to the regulations approved at accreditation time. There is one central institution (called Centerfor Methods,inLandau) that helps with evaluation of courses (and does much research wrt.QA)

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Evaluationof Courses
Evaluationof Evaluation of courses is done online for every course along apredefined questionnaire. Results are sent (anonymously)to the lecturer.(Example) They are (usually)published internally (inthe university).

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