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External Quality Assurance: State Leverage over Higher Education Institutions or Means for Increasing the Quality of Education?
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Abstract Joining the Bologna Process in 2005 was the first attempt by the Georgian government to transform its
higher education system from a Soviet-style system into a European one. A number of reforms have been
implemented since then, including the introduction of an external quality assurance process co... view more
Joining the Bologna Process in 2005 was the first attempt by the Georgian government to transform its
higher education system from a Soviet-style system into a European one. A number of reforms have been
implemented since then, including the introduction of an external quality assurance process conducted by
the state agency under the aegis of the Ministry of Education and Science of Georgia. The state licensing
system, envisaging institutional authorization for higher education institutions and accreditation for academic
programmes, has also undergone numerous changes over years, including the recent adoption of new
standards. This process has been accompanied by serious criticism, starting from being used as a means of
state leverage and a political tool and ending with its ineffectiveness due to being administered only superficially.
The present paper reflects on the challenges accompanying this process and discusses how the mechanism
of external quality assurance can serve as an instrument for raising the quality of education.... view less
Classification
Macroanalysis of the Education System, Economics of Education, Educational Policy
Free Keywords
Georgia; university policy
Document language
English
Publication Year
2018
Page/Pages
p. 7-11
Journal
Caucasus Analytical Digest (2018) 105
DOI
https://doi.org/10.3929/ethz-b-000292932
ISSN
1867-9323
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed
Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0