Accreditation in higher education: Does disciplinary matter?

被引：12
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作者：
Stura, Ilaria [1 ]
Gentile, Tiziana [2 ]
Migliaretti, Giuseppe [1 ]
Vesce, Enrica [2 ]
机构：
[1] Univ Turin, Sch Med, Dept Publ Hlth & Paediat Sci, Turin, Italy
[2] Univ Turin, Sch Management & Econ, Dept Management, Turin, Italy
来源：
STUDIES IN EDUCATIONAL EVALUATION | 2019年 / 63卷
关键词：
Quality assurance; Accreditation; Self-evaluation; Study areas; Italian higher education system; QUALITY-ASSURANCE; GOVERNANCE; MODEL;
D O I：
10.1016/j.stueduc.2019.07.004
中图分类号：
G40 [教育学];
学科分类号：
040101 ; 120403 ;
摘要：
Quality assurance in higher education has developed and has been totally reformed in the last decades. In particular, in Italy the AVA system (Autovalutazione, Valutazione e Accreditamento, in English self-evaluation, evaluation and accreditation) was used in 2016 to verify the performance of 118 randomly selected university study programmes (SPs). This study investigated the relationship between quality performance (AVA evaluation) and discipline areas with the aim of understanding the 'quality mechanism' thus determining whether some disciplines perform better in quality assurance processes. A strong correlation between technical/engineering SPs and good quality assurance results was found, probably because quality expertise is particularly developed in these disciplines. The creation, for each university of an expert's unit constituted by professionals with a technical/engineering mentality to monitor and improve quality, is therefore recommended.
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