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Autor/in | Tamrat, Wondwosen |
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Titel | Evaluating the Evaluator: Private Providers' Views of a Quality Assurance Agency |
Quelle | In: Quality in Higher Education, 25 (2019) 2, S.191-207 (17 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift
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Zusatzinformation | ORCID (Tamrat, Wondwosen) |
Sprache | englisch |
Dokumenttyp | gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz |
ISSN | 1353-8322 |
DOI | 10.1080/13538322.2019.1636495 |
Schlagwörter | Evaluators; Quality Assurance; Private Colleges; Foreign Countries; Educational Quality; Relevance (Education); Administrator Attitudes; Accountability; Institutional Autonomy; Accreditation (Institutions); Decision Making; Public Agencies; Institutional Mission; Audits (Verification); Ethiopia Qualitätssicherung; Privathochschule; Ausland; Quality of education; Bildungsqualität; Relevance; Relevanz; Verantwortung; Institutionelle Autonomie; Accreditation; Institution; Institutions; Akkreditierung; Staatliche Anerkennung; Institut; Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung; Öffentliche Einrichtung; Äthiopien |
Abstract | The Higher Education Relevance and Quality Agency (HERQA) was established in Ethiopia to spearhead efforts in the assurance of quality at a national level. This study examined the views of private providers about the operational features and practices of HERQA. Findings revealed that despite its significant contributions in formalising and popularising a nationally designed quality assurance régime, private providers consider HERQA to be deficient as regards its capacity, resources, autonomy, communication, double standard practices and internal and external evaluation systems. Based on the findings, it is suggested that HERQA needs to mitigate its structural and operational deficiencies and boost its capacities if it seeks to respond favourably to the mounting challenges of the fledgling and fast-growing higher education system in Ethiopia. (As Provided). |
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Erfasst von | ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC |
Update | 2020/1/01 |