Le ministre de l'Education nationale est revenu mercredi, lors d'une audition au Sénat, sur les suppressions de postes d'enseignants du second degré prévues en 2018. Plus...
Réfléchir aux démarches qualité dans l’enseignement supérieur : partage d’expériences
La France peine encore à prendre en compte l’avis des étudiants : un défi pour la qualité
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Quand les forces francophones se rapprochent face au défi de la qualité
Group Attempts New Twist on Accreditation
By Paul Fain. The Quality Assurance Commons for Higher & Postsecondary Education is a new group that is exploring alternative approaches to accreditation in higher education. With funding from the Lumina Foundation and through the National Center for Higher Education Management Systems, the QA Commons last week announced a pilot project to assess higher education programs at 14 institutions around the country. More...
Instructional Quality, Student Outcomes and Institutional Finances
Instructional Quality, Student Outcomes and Institutional Finances
Jessie Brown, Martin Kurzweil, American Council on Education, 2017/07/24
This newly released report from the American Council on Education (25 page PDF) begins up front with a definition of instructional quality - sort of: "we maintain that the most sensible approach is to consider both inputs and outcomes, or to look at how actionable instructional inputs impact student outcomes." Reading through the report, though, we ssee the usual: persistance, completion rates, and GPA. More...
Fledgling quality network holds second annual conference
By Wondwosen Tamrat. The Ethiopian Higher Education Quality Enhancement Network, or EHEQEN, held its second annual conference in Addis Ababa last month. Although still under formation, it is already considered indispensable in complementing the sprouting quality assurance units at public and private institutions and individual efforts geared towards responding to the requirements of the national Higher Education Relevance and Quality Agency, or HERQA. More...Students bear the brunt of poor quality assurance systems
By Francis Kokutse. The lack of quality assurance systems in some African universities is producing ‘half-baked graduates’ who are not fit for the workplace, according to Violet Makuku, project officer for the Association of African Universities’ Harmonisation of African Higher Education Quality Assurance and Accreditation or HAQAA Initiative. More...Journée QUALITÉ DE VIE AU TRAVAIL
La prochaine journée du réseau « Qualité de vie au travail » aura lieu le jeudi 30 novembre 2017, de 8h30 à 16h00 à l'Hôtel VATEL à Nîmes.
Ce réseau, initié par les délégations ANFH Languedoc-Roussillon et PACA, résulte de la fusion des réseaux existants « Handicap » et « Prévention des risques psychosociaux ». Plus...
