External Evaluation of University Quality in Chile: An Overview

Autor/inn/en	López, Daniel A.; Espinoza, Oscar; Rojas, María J.; Crovetto, Mirta
Titel	External Evaluation of University Quality in Chile: An Overview
Quelle	In: Quality Assurance in Education: An International Perspective, 30 (2022) 3, S.272-288 (17 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0968-4883
DOI	10.1108/QAE-08-2021-0141
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Accreditation (Institutions); Higher Education; Institutional Evaluation; Educational Quality; Quality Assurance; Educational History; Institutional Characteristics; Evaluation Methods; Accountability; Classification; Chile + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Accreditation; Institution; Institutions; Akkreditierung; Staatliche Anerkennung; Institut; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Quality of education; Bildungsqualität; Qualitätssicherung; History of education; Bildungsgeschichte; Verantwortung; Classification system; Klassifikation; Klassifikationssystem
Abstract	Purpose: This study aims to review processes of accreditation for Chilean Universities. Along with cataloguing evolutionary milestones, the study analyses effects at the institutional and program levels. Design/methodology/approach: The study adopts a meta-evaluative approach and is based on secondary information sources, including both specialised publications and national databases, regarding the expansion of institutions, programs and enrolment, as well as the results of accreditation processes. Findings: University quality assurance reflects developments in economic policies, and supply and demand. Progressive consolidation of the national system has had positive effects on the management and development of universities, but the implementation of quality assurance has brought some problems. A traditional classification of universities into customary categories is predictive of the results of accreditation. The variable of administrative compliance is more important than a culture of quality in explaining the results of institutional and program accreditation. Originality/value: This review identifies advances, limitations and challenges in the improvement and assurance of quality of Chilean Universities and their programs. This is an unprecedented metanalysis of studies concerning the evolution of accreditation processes and will inform future practice. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01