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Studijų kokybės sistemos kūrimas ir valdymas
Development and management of the higher education quality system

Author(s): Vytolis Kučinskas, Ramutė Kučinskienė
Subject(s): Education, Higher Education , Evaluation research
Published by: Vilniaus Universiteto Leidykla
Keywords: Higher education; Quality system; Lithuanian education system;

Summary/Abstract: The development of modem quality assessment systems in the higher education institutions in Lithuania is perceived as one of the cardinal imperatives. Solid base for quality assessment and management system should be provided by the sciences of management and education management. First of all, key concepts (quality, quality management) are specified more precisely in the article, having in mind particularities of educational organizations. Colleges are quiet new institutions of non university higher education in Lithuania. Achievements in the colleges' quality systems development and management are analyzed highlighting main questions: what persons had been developing quality system in colleges, what standards had been used, what system of quality management had been chosen, what are further perspectives of study quality system's development. Opinions of all interested parts, participating in the quality system's development (students, administration, teachers, employers) were analyzed.

  • Issue Year: 2005
  • Issue No: 14
  • Page Range: 187-198
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: Lithuanian