The main aspects of national dimension of higher education quality assurance have been determined in the article. They are quality education management, licensing, certification, accreditation, quality assessment, audit, monitoring, rating. As for international dimension the main aspects of higher education quality assurance are internationalization, globalization, Europeanization, regionalization, integration. Internationalization involves both changes in curricula, programs of higher education and mobility of students, teachers, administration, training programs and institutions engaged in education. Internationalization of education is interpreted as: a) implementation of international educational content, international teaching materials, forms of activity; b) the integration of international and intercultural dimension in teaching, research, social services; c) process that includes not only changes in the curriculum and student mobility, but also mobility of teachers and administrators, specially designed strategy of higher education adaptation to new conditions to profit from internationalization. Factors that contribute to internationalization acceleration are: 1) large-scale participation in higher education; 2) development of global service competition and internationalization of labor markets; 3) cost reduce of transport services; 4) the ability to obtain rapid information. The term “globalization” combines a number of related concepts: the internationalization of production, trade, finance, development of international corporations; international mobility of professionals, international communication flows; global exchange of ideas and concepts, export of western values, the spirit of democracy, ecological awareness; development of international civil society organizations; the growing importance of international law standards to determine the national legislation. Modern concept of “Europeanization” includes two contradictory trends. On the one hand, regionalization in higher education could be defined as the process of regional cooperation increasing. On the other hand, regionalization in higher education is an integral part of the globalization process in the sense that cooperation between neighbors strengthens to counter pressure from other countries and regions of the world. Integration is defined as the union of organized people communities in certain areas, depending on the decision, will and aspirations of people.
As the voice of Europe’s universities EUA supports and takes forward the interests of individual institutions and the higher education sector as a whole. The major objectives of the 1st Forum were: to promote a sound approach to quality assurance by encouraging internal quality developments in higher educational establishments and an appropriate balance between the implementation of the required tools to assure quality and the need to foster creativity in research and education; to foster research focused on quality assurance. The focus of the 2nd Forum was on perspectives and frameworks for action and the exchange of examples of how to undertake evaluations. The specific objectives of the 3rd Forum were: to gain an understanding of how higher education institutions and quality assurance agencies are responding to new forms of accountability; to analyze whether these new forms of accountability have the desired impact on quality levels and to examine their unintended consequences The main goal of the 4th Forum was to provide a discussion forum centered on how current internal and external quality assurance approaches take account of institutional diversity and support creativity and innovative practices in higher education. The main purpose of the 5th Forum was to foster a dialogue on quality assurance that bridges national boundaries and leads to a truly European discussion on quality assurance in higher education, and to create a common European understanding of quality assurance through a dialogue among different stakeholder groups. The 2011 Forum combined practice-oriented discussions that took place in the paper sessions and workshops with presentations of current policy developments in QA. The 7th Forum explored the impact of external and internal quality assurance on higher education policies and institutional realities The 8th Forum explored how both individuals and organizations could better understand the role that quality assurance can play in their daily lives, get engaged and work together to take quality forward. The 9th Forum combined practice-oriented or research-based discussions that took place in the paper sessions and workshops with presentations of current developments in quality assurance.
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