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Council of Higher Education, Turkey
QUALITY ASSURANCE STRUCTURE in HIGHER
EDUCATION SYSTEM of TURKEY
Muharrem Kaplan Council of Higher Education
EU & International Relations Department
Increase in Demand for Higher Education
YEAR APPLICANTS to the SSE
1980 466.9632005 1.856.6182006 1.678.3832007 1.776.4432008 1.645.0002009 1.450.000 (Acc. 600.000)
Years - # Students Admitted to the Universities
Higher Education System
Current Enrollment in HE 3.127.651
CoHE Council of Higher EducationNo Ministry of Higher Education but CoHEAutonomous bodyEstablished in 1981The President, Prof. Yusuf Ziya OzcanMembers of the Council are independent
professors
The Council of Higher Educationcomposed of 21 members:1. The President of Turkey → Seven Members,
2. The Council of Ministers → Seven Members,
3. The Inter-University Board → Seven professors from among non-members of the Board.
Higher Education Institutions
Totally 151 Higher Education Institutions,These numbers can increase due to high demand
Universities-Student Population They Served %
Commission of Academic Assessment and Quality Improvement, YODEK
Academic Assessment and Quality Improvement Processes
THE SCHEME OF THE MAIN PROCESS OF ACADEMIC ASSESSMENT AND QUALITY IMPROVEMENT IN HE TURKEY
CoHEThe COMISSION
of AAQI (YODEK)
HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTION EXTERNAL ASSESSMENT INSTITUTION
(MUDEK)SENATE BOARD OF AAQI (ADEK)
External Assessment
The Directives on Academic Assessment and QualityImprovement in HEIs
The ProcessesStrategic PlanningAssessment Periodical Monitoring & Improvement
STRATEGICAL PLANand VisionSWOT, StrategiesIndicators/AimsActivities/ProjectsResource Planning and Improvement
Forming Team/s and
Coordination
Institutional Assessment Assessment
Report
Site Visits and Assessment
The Strategic Plan of CoHE
Academic Assessment and
Quality Improvement Report of Higher Education
Approval
Academic Assessment and
Quality Improvement Report
ImprovementProposals
Assessment
Reports
Improvement Action Plans
Every Year 5 Year
Experiences in Accreditation
Performance Indicators of EUA and YODEKSome Indicators =>
Student/teacher ratioTech. Staff/teacher ratioThe material resources/student ratioMechanism for the recognition of student
participationDiversity of source of financingSurvey (EUA) also SSE (TURKEY student
preference)Foreign students number and ratioScientific research and publications, etc.
Bologna Coordination Commissions BCC
Every HEI has to establish its own BCC The head of BCC is vice-president/rectorResponsible for implementation of Bologna
Process in HEI.August 2009, CoHE gathered the data, based
on more than 600 variablesThe variables have been analysed for
monitoring and policy makingAccording to the data collected, some of the
challenges and tendencies observed as follows:
Some Challenges
Lots of new universities who need infrastructureThe work load of academicians is a lotParticipation of other stakeholders, such as
industrial sector and students is still below under expectations
Some old and well established universities are fairly slow compare to new and flexible ones
Academic Assessment and Quality Improvement Boards did not performed well in some universities
In some universities only pilot observation
Strength of HE in TURKEYDepartments in Science and Technology are eager in QAIncrease in cooperation with industrial sectorParticipation of proffessors, as stakeholders, are very
goodQA process opened more places for HEIs far away from
the eyesQA has pushing effect on established HEIs, competition
between universities are increasingABET experiences helped so much in QA of MUDEKEffect of sharply increasing number of ERASMUS
students from Europe and to Europe is amazingThere is no important resistance for QA system in HEIs
as there was a little at the beginning Number of people who hold PhD is increasing
To Summarize According to the last data collected: Universities that have more flexible
administration performed very well, because of easy adaptation and
More student oriented universities are moving forward incredibly fast
Well established old universities have disadvantages but they are benefitting from advantages of international students
