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Papers on Higher Education

Quality Assurance and Accreditation: A Glossary of Basic Terms and Definitions

Prepared by Lazr Vlsceanu, Laura Gr?nberg, and Dan P?rlea

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Papers on Higher Education

Quality Assurance and Accreditation: A Glossary of Basic Terms and Definitions

prepared by Lazr Vlsceanu, Laura Gr?nberg, and Dan P?rlea

Bucharest 2004

Papers on Higher Education

Editor of the Series: Leland Conley Barrows Assistants to the Editor: Maria-Ana Dumitrescu

Viorica Popa

ISBN 92-9069-178-6 ? UNESCO 2004

Contents

Preface............................................................................... 7

Introduction...................................................................... 9

Terms and Definitions ................................................... 19

Accreditation ................................................................19 Institutional Accreditation Regional Accreditation Specialized Accreditation Duration of Accreditation Accreditation of Prior Learning Accreditation Status Accreditation Survey Portfolio for Accreditation Accreditation Body

Assessment ..................................................................22 Assessment of Individual Qualifications

Audit.............................................................................22 Institutional Audit/Institutional Review Audit Report/Evaluation Report/ Assessment Report Internal Audit Management Audit

Benchmark...................................................................24 Benchmark Information Subject Benchmark/Subject Benchmark Statements Course Development Benchmarks

Benchmarking ..............................................................25 Internal Benchmarking (External) Competitive Benchmarking Functional (External Collaborative) Benchmarking Trans-Institutional Benchmarking

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