quality assurance, review and accreditation
part five: what is accreditation and how does it work?
this part provides a to this topic, and deliberately includes considerable textual material to address:
- an example of accreditation requirements from the united states
- (hkcaavq)
- definitions and scope of accreditation
- institutional and program accreditation
- benefits of accreditation to different parties
- details of each of 11 standards for institutional accreditation
- nine main areas for institutional accreditation for the hkcaavq
- definition of accreditation by the hkcaavq
- principles of accreditation (hkcaavq)
- purposes of accreditation (hkcaavq)
- institutional accreditation with the hkcaavq
- preparing for accreditation with the hkcaavq
- institutional review and its outcomes (hkcaavq)
- guide to the layout of each of the 9 main areas by hkcaavq:
- governance, management and institutional structure
- academic plans
- programme approval, monitoring and review
- staffing
- staff development
- students admission
- students services and student records
- quality assurance
- resources
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link to part one: what is quality assurance and how does it affect me?
link to part two: the work of the university's quality assurance office and the faculty offices.
link to part three: what is faculty review and what is self-evaluation for faculty review?
link to part four: what is program review and what is self-evaluation for program review?
link to part six: preparing for faculty review
link to faculty review