IMPLEMENTATION OF IMPROVED QUALITY ASSURANCE IN HIGHER EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS
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2014-02-14
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Universitas Widyatama
Abstract
The impact of globalization can not be avoided, that
it would influence the international orientation of higher
education. That’s why we need a comprehensive
mechanism regarding quality assurance. It can be seen as a
strong motivating factor for the importance of an effective
and transparant system for ensuring the quality of higher
education. This paper aims to analyze the implementation
of improved quality assurance in the higher educational
institutions. The research used literature study, and
analyzed using a descriptive research of explanatory
survey.The population consisted of internal and external
elements in higher educational institutions and the sample
was purposively selected.The findings show that the
improvement of quality assurance can be implemented
through:(1) improving quality of academic staff
continuosly; (2) developing flexible and modern
curriculum; (3) improving quality research, community
service and cooperation between universities;(4)
Improving adequate infrastructure facilities; and (5)
benchmarking
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Quality Assurance, Higher Education, Benchmarking