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Higher Education and Quality:
Expectations, Quality Standards and Tools.
What kind of information do we provide?
And for what purposes?
Prof. György BAZSA, President
Hungarian Accreditation Committee (HAC)
ENQA Seminar
Quality and Transparency in Higher Education:
Expectations, Tools and Link to Institutional Autonomy
Bologna, 17-18 May, 2010
Hungary and Hungarian Higher Education
(HHE)
Population: 10 million
HHE enrollment: before 1990 < 10% of age group
at present
~ 40 % of age group
HHE Students total:
~ 400.000 (half state funded)
Legal background:
HE Law in 1993 and 2005
HHE Institutions:
~7 HEI / 1 million inhabits
Church/
HEI
State
Total
Private
University
19
7
26
College
10
34
44
Total
29
40
70
Functions of actors in Hungarian HE Quality
State:
HE Q policy, legal and financial conds.
HAC:
external Q evaluation and accreditation
HHEI:
key performers in quality of the „product”,
responsible for internal Q Assurance
Faculty:
determines Q of teaching and research
Students:
accept and reflect Q of teaching
Labour market: labels Q of HEIs, employs graduates
Media:
reports Q and publishes HE ranking
Europe:
Bologna, EHEA, ESG, ENQA
HHEI quality management: HE Act + ESG based
 HHE Act: „The HEI operates an internal QA system.
The HEI prepares quality development scheme. It
specifies the process of operation, like the
execution of management, planning, control,
measurement,
assessment, and consumer protection related tasks,
regulates the rules pertaining to the evaluation of
lecturer performance by the students.
The HEI annually revises the implementation of the
Q development scheme, results of action plan and
publishes its findings on the website.”
The HHEIs carry out intensive, broad, competitive PR
activity for new students with a lot of information.
HAC
• Independent (only) national body. Its external instruction are forbidden by law. Funded by
Parliament.
• Its resolution (decision) is legally an „expert
opinion”: yes or no with argumentation, not to
overwrite.
• It’s sent to the claimer (HEI or ministry) and is
published on the website www.mab.hu. (Except:
pr.)
• There is an independent HAC appeal board (with 3
members). Its resolution is also public.
• Legal decision comes effective through minister(ial
organs). In 2 cases (establ. HEI and doctoral
school) HAC’s opinion is binding for the Minister.
System of HAC activities (as external QAA)
at input (ex ante) –
document based
– *HEI is charged
establishing HEI
establishing B and M
programmes („KKK”)
*launching
B and M programmes
*setting up
doctoral (PhD)
schools
during process & at output
(ex post) – self evaluation
and site visit – state funded
institutional
accreditation/5y
--parallel programme’s
accreditation
doct. schools’ accreditation
www.doktori.hu
Quality:
expectations, standards and tools
Information:
kind, target and purposes
in a systematic broader context
a) HHE system
b) single HEIs
c) study programmes
d) graduates
e) HAC
QUALITY
expectations
standards
tools
INFORMATION
kind
target
purposes
a) HHE system
QUALITY
expectations
- from society
(the public)
standards
tools
contribution to
confidence,
the knowledge honour, moral and
society
financial support
- from labour
satisfaction with
feed back /
market
graduates
cooperation
- from graduates
successful
feedback /
personal carrier
LLL
- in general
quality culture
QA system
a) HHE system
INFORMATION
kind
- B/M/PhD
degrees,
programmes,
Bolognastructure
- enrolment
capacities
- social conditions
- performance,
quality, fame
target
purposes
society,
to be informed,
labour market,
for decisions
applicants
chance of
applicants
enrolment
selecting
applicants
alternatives
applicants,
to be informed
labour market for decisions
b) single HEIs
QUALITY
expectations
- mission
- management
- research
standards
tools
clear and real
inst. accreditation
effective and
progressive
supporting the
programmes
inst. accreditation
inst. and programme
accreditation
- resources
out of HAC duties
- facilities
ensuring good
education
inst. and programme
accreditation
ESG
inst. accreditation
- internal QA
b) single HEIs
INFORMATION
kind
target
purpose
- mission
society,
HEI
to be informed,
to perform
management
maintainer, HEI
performance
- research
maintainer, scientific community
performance
- resources
maintainer, HEI
possibilities
- facilities
students, staff
possibilities
maintainer, HEI,
HAC
activity,
performance
- internal QA
c) programmes
„completion and exit
requirements”
QUALITY
expectations
- aim/mission
- curriculum
- study structure
- teaching/learning
methods
- evaluation
- teaching staff
- research
standards
tools
clear, defined
modern, coherent
serried
aim oriented,
student centred
balanced
detailed requir-s
supportive
HE internal QA
+
HAC external QA
(ex ante and
ex post
accreditations)
c) programmes
INFORMATION
kind
target
purposes
- aim / mission
students/lab. m. perform/know
- curriculum
students/lab. m.
- teaching/learning
methods
- evaluation
- learning
outcomes
students/staff
students
labour market
to perform
to enjoy and
to develop
to be
prepared
to be
informed
- teaching staff
students/lab. m.
to accept
- research
students/lab. m.
information
d) graduates
QUALITY
expectations
- knowledge
- skills
- competencies
standards
tools
solid and
applicable
diverse and
developing
broad and
personal
education,
exams
learning,
thesis,
workplace
d) graduates
INFORMATION
kind
- knowledge
- skills
- competencies
target
purpose
labour market
/
HEI
for employing
and job
assignment /
feed back
e) HAC
QUALITY
expectations
standards
tools
1. External QA for HE
2. Official status
3. Activities
4. Resources
5. Mission statement
6. Independence
7. External QA criteria
8. Accountability proced.
HHE law
+
ESG
HAC’s
internal QA
+
+
external
evaluation
e) HAC
INFORMATION
kind
target
purpose
public
+
HE system
+
ENQA
transparency
+
confidence
+
membership
1. External QA for HE
2. Official status
3. Activities
4. Resources
5. Mission statement
6. Independence
7. External QA criteria
8. Accountability
proced.