Academic Quality Assurance Research Paper

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A Review and Future Direction of Academic Quality Assurance Abstract The quality of education is depending on the success of managing and monitoring the quality assurance. This paper reviews qualitative and quantitative studies of academic quality assurance (AQA) in higher education institutional (HEIs). Based on literature review we developed a framework for understanding AQA research. The framework identifies 3 areas of emphasis of AQA: issues, challenges and best practices. For each emphasis area the paper discusses the theoretical framework used and summarizes the empirical results. The paper concludes with a discussion of emerging issues, new research directions, and practical implications of academic quality assurance research. Keywords:…show more content…
Harvey, 2005,H.Eggin, 2014, A. O’Reilly, 2014).In line with the solemnity of most countries to ensure the best academic quality,theyhave established a recognized agency.For example, Malaysia has established the Malaysian Qualification Agency (MQA), while the other ASEAN countries such as Brunei Darussalam, has established a National Accreditation Council (BDNAC), Indonesia's known as the National Accreditation Agency for Higher Education (BAN-PT),Cambodia was named Accreditation Committee of Cambodia (AAC), Singapore, Higher Education Quality Assurance, Ministry of Education(HEQA), Thailand, the Office for National Education Standards and Assessments (ONESQA), and Vietnam, Education Testing and Accreditation (ETA) is an authority in academic quality…show more content…
First,we review and integrate the literature from three dimensions; investigating on issues, challenges and best practices influence the implementation of academic quality assurance in HEIs.Prior reviews have focused on technological issues involved in academic quality assurance for establishing effective academic quality assurance system. This review focuses on understanding the three dimensions influence the effectiveness of quality assurance implementation. Second, this review provides an organizing framework for previous academic quality assurance research and identifies emerging theoretical and methodological issues and future research trends.The framework shown in Fig. 1 was based on the review of theliterature and provides a structure for the paper. Fig. 1 shows three emphasis areas of academic quality assurance research, the topics within each area of emphasis that have been investigated, and the relationships between each area of emphasis and academic quality assurance. Third, this review contributes to quality assurance system by discussing the implications of academic quality assurance for implementation, support and effectiveness of academic quality assurance in
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