Accreditation of higher education study plans and its impact on improved academic management
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.31619/caledu.n26.241Keywords:
accreditation, study plans, academic management, organizational developmentAbstract
This is a report on a qualitative research study conducted in the period 2006 -2007 on the impact of accreditation and self-evaluation processes on improved academic management. In particular, it describes the development or enhancement of the culture of self-regulation. The results of the study suggest that, to date, the accreditation of study plans imposes a compliance rationale required by the central organization and observed by academic units. In spite of the fact that this rationale involves developing new competencies, it does not guarantee organizational learning nor the continued improvement of management practices nor their ensuing impact on the improvement of the quality of the education provided.
Downloads
Published
Issue
Section
License
Authors retain their Copyright and only transfer a part of these to the journal, accepting the following conditions:
Authors keep their rights as authors and guarantee the right to the journal for the first publication of their work, which is simultaneously subject to the Creative Commons Attribution license allowing third parties to share the study accrediting the author and first publication in this journal.
Authors may adopt other non-exclusive license agreements for distribution of the version of the published work (e.g. inclusion in an institutional thematic file or publication in a monographic volume) accrediting initial publication in this journal.
Authors are allowed and recommended to share their work over the Internet (e.g. in institutional telematic files or their website) before and during the submission process, which may lead to interesting exchanges and increased citation of the published work. (See The effect of open access).
