Quality Assurance Systems in Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation

ENHANCEMENT OF QUALITY ASSURANCE SYSTEMS IN HIGHER EDUCATION IN APEC MEMBER ECONOMIES
5. Infrastructure and facilities
6. Funding
7. Governance
8. Program management
9. Learning processes
10. Academic Atmosphere
11. Information System
12. Internal Quality Assurance Unit
13. Graduates
14. Research, Publications, student's research-based academic writings, and community
service
JUAA
Mission and goals, educational program and instruction, and faculty.
MQA
Mission & goals, Objective & learning outcomes, curriculum design, delivery & assessment,
student entry criteria & selection procedures; teaching staff, educational resources, student
support services, program monitoring & evaluation, research & its links to education,
community engagement, internationalisation; governance & administration.
ITP-Q
Institutional Academic Quality Management, Development and Review of qualifications and
educational programmes, staff selection, appraisal and development, student information and
admission to programmes, student guidance and support, programme delivery, off-site
practical/workplace components, assessment and moderation, reporting and certification,
research, internal audit and review.
NZQA
Course approval covers: the title, aims, learning outcomes and coherence; the delivery and
learning methods; the assessment; the acceptability of the course to the relevant academic,
industrial, professional and other communities; the adequacy and appropriateness of
regulations, for example, on admission, course length and structure; resources including
academic staffing, teaching facilities, physical resources and support services; evaluation and
review.
Quality Assurance Standard for registration of providers covers: definite goals and objectives;
systems to achieve the goals and objectives including governance and management,
personnel, physical and learning resources, learner information entry and support,
development delivery and review of programmes, assessment and moderation, notification
and reporting on learner achievement, research; demonstrating the achievement of goals and
objectives by performance indicators, collecting feedback and internal audit processes.
AACUP
Faculty, curriculum and instruction, support to students, research, extension (community
service), library, physical facilities, laboratories, and administration.
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