Акредитация срещу рейтинги – с кое какво да измерваме?
Accreditation versus Ranking System: What Is Each to Measure?

Summary/Abstract: The paper examines the current situation of Bulgarian higher education and particularly the role of accreditation and the new university ranking system. It discusses the recently proposed new accreditation criteria and the adopted amendments to the Higher Education Act. The author accepts the funding principle of the last ten years, according to which the state subsidy of a university depends on the number of students enrolled, but argues that it must also depend on the quality of education. The paper defends the view that the quality of education should continue to be assessed by the National Evaluation and Accreditation Agency and this assessment should be used for the purposes of subsidy distribution, whereas the results of the ranking system should serve only as a tool guiding users’ choices.

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