Higher education

Higher education

Post-secondary education at universities, academies, colleges, and institutes of technology etc.

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portfolio for accreditation

Education; Higher education

An accumulation of evidence (record of achievements) about specific proficiencies and the characteristics of an institution in relation to a specific type of activity, especially to learning ...

academic year

Education; Higher education

1. The duration of a specific programme of study (which may not last a complete 12 months) divided into terms, semesters or quarters and usually completed by an evaluation of the results ...

Process by which an agency or an association acknowledges the achievement of established quality standards and usually grants certain privileges to the targeted institution or individual (student or ...

audit

Education; Higher education

Process of reviewing an institution or a programme that is primarily focused on its accountability, determining if the stated aims and objectives (in terms of curriculum, staff, infrastructure, etc.) ...

university autonomy

Education; Higher education

Right of the academic community, legally recognized, to make decisions on academic and financial matters without any interference or pressure (whether political, ideological or religious), and to ...

quality culture

Education; Higher education

Set of shared, accepted, and integrated patterns of quality (often called principles of quality) to be found in the organizational cultures and the management systems of higher education ...

quality management

Education; Higher education

Aggregate of measures taken regularly at system or institutional level in order to assure the quality of higher education with an emphasis on improving quality as a whole.