CIQG at 10
It is official! The CHEA International Quality Group (CIQG) has been in existence for an entire decade. In that time, this forum for international quality assurance experts has convened, discussed, and addressed matters that pertain to quality in higher education everywhere. This issue of Quality International Newsletter showcases some landmark activities of CIQG over the past ten years. It also provides a glimpse into discussions that present a modern viewpoint on matters of historical relevance. As you read this issue, we hope that you will consider lending your voice to this international forum and contribute to our anticipated successes in the next decade.
CIQG's 10th Anniversary
On September 13, 2012, the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA) Chair, David Carter and President, Judith Eaton announced the establishing of the CHEA International Quality Group (CIQG) as an international affiliate of CHEA. As a continuation of a more informal International Commission, CIQG was to grow into an assembly/body of higher education experts from across the globe, committed to the promotion of quality higher education internationally. CIQG members include quality assurance agencies of post-secondary institutions that are recognized by their government (or any other official authority), higher education associations, government agencies, higher education consultants, and individuals who are vested in and committed to quality assurance in higher education. CIQG members are poised to collaborate for the purpose of addressing matters which may enhance, or compromise, quality assurance in higher education, worldwide.
Ten years later, we look back at the highlights of CIQG's activities over these ten years through annual meetings, international projects, research and publications including its policy briefs and electronic newsletter Quality International. READ MORE
Stamenka Uvalić-Trumbić is a former Chief of Higher Education, UNESCO and Special Adviser for International Affairs to CHEA President (2012-2020)
Internationalization through Integration
This article identifies a new form of internationalization, which can be called “internationalization by integration." It discusses this development as a possible new global trend and delves deeper into a particular case study. This form of internationalization has heretofore not been studied systematically. This new phenomenon can be considered on the international and global level as similar, although not identical, to the mergers of higher education institutions at the local and national level: stable international, some even global, networks of institutions strive to integrate to the point where they eventually might become a single institution of a new kind: a non-national, trans-national higher education institution. This new international mode is also different from the case of single universities that have established branches in multiple countries. The case study considered in this article, that of the Open Society University Network, helps to shed light on the rationales, actors, anticipated impact, and challenges faced by such novel initiatives.
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Liviu Matei is a Professor of Higher Education and Public Policy, and Head of the School of Education, Communication and Society at King’s College London.
Jonathan Becker is Executive Vice President, Vice President for Academic Affairs, and Professor of Political Studies at Bard College, in Annandale-on-Hudson, New York, and Vice Chancellor of the Open Society University Network.
Formative Assessment and Student Feedback to Support Quality Improvement: The Devil is in the Details
Accreditation is a crucial educational quality control process worldwide and is equally focused on its dual role of assuring quality while advancing improvement. The first standard of the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA), Academic Quality and Student Achievement, is “at the core of accreditation” (CHEA, 2021) and calls for the implementation of innovative practices (Standard 1D), thereby providing CHEA with the opportunity to provide global leadership in the development and dissemination of innovative and meaningful assessment of student learning. READ MORE
Judy R. Wilkerson, Ph.D. is a Professor of Educational Measurement and Evaluation at Florida Gulf Coast University in Ft. Myers, Florida USA
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