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Council of Higher Education , Turkey

Council of Higher Education , Turkey. QUALITY ASSURANCE STRUCTURE in HIGHER EDUCATION SYSTEM of TURKEY Muharrem Kaplan Council of Higher Education EU & International Relations Department. Increase in Demand for Higher Education. YEAR APPLICANTS to the SSE 1980 466.963

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Council of Higher Education , Turkey

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  1. Council of HigherEducation, Turkey

  2. QUALITY ASSURANCE STRUCTURE in HIGHER EDUCATION SYSTEM of TURKEY • Muharrem Kaplan • Council of Higher Education • EU & International Relations Department

  3. Increase in Demand for Higher Education • YEAR APPLICANTS to the SSE • 1980 466.963 • 2005 1.856.618 • 2006 1.678.383 • 2007 1.776.443 • 2008 1.645.000 • 2009 1.450.000 (Acc. 600.000)

  4. Years - # Students Admitted to the Universities

  5. EducationSystem in Turkey

  6. StudentSelectionExamination - Preferences

  7. HigherEducationSystem

  8. Current Enrollment in HE 3.127.651

  9. GenderDimensionFaculty41.000 Female & 57.500 Male 98.500 Uni. Teachers

  10. CoHECouncil of HigherEducation • No Ministry of Higher Education but CoHE • Autonomous body • Established in 1981 • The President, Prof. Yusuf Ziya Ozcan • Members of the Council are independent professors

  11. The Council of Higher Education composed of 21 members: 1. The President of Turkey → Seven Members, 2. The Council of Ministers→ Seven Members, 3. The Inter-University Board →Seven professors from among non-members of the Board.

  12. HigherEducationInstitutions Totally 151 HigherEducationInstitutions, Thesenumbers can increaseduetohighdemand

  13. Universities-Student Population They Served %

  14. Commission of Academic Assessment and Quality Improvement, YODEK

  15. Academic Assessment and Quality Improvement Processes

  16. Experiences in Accreditation • ABET→ Accreditation Board forEngineeringandTechnology , • USA based, • 4 universitiesusednearly 50 engineeringprograms, • MUDEK → The Association of Academic Assessment andQuality Improvement for Eng. Departments, • TURKEY based, • 2007 , 10 +universities 60 + engineeringdepartments • EUA→EuropeanUniversityAssociations, Europebased • ManyUniversities in Turkeyarebeingaccreditedby EUA, CoHE is writtingthesupportletterforthem.

  17. Performance Indicators of EUA and YODEK • Some Indicators => • Student/teacher ratio • Tech. Staff/teacher ratio • The material resources/student ratio • Mechanism for the recognition of student participation • Diversity of source of financing • Survey (EUA) also SSE (TURKEY student preference) • Foreign students number and ratio • Scientific research and publications, etc.

  18. Bologna Coordination Commissions BCC • Every HEI has to establish its own BCC • The head of BCC is vice-president/rector • Responsible for implementation of Bologna Process in HEI. • August 2009, CoHE gathered the data, based on more than 600 variables • The variables have been analysed for monitoring and policy making • According to the data collected, some of the challenges and tendencies observed as follows:

  19. Some Challenges • Lots of new universities who need infrastructure • The work load of academicians is a lot • Participation of other stakeholders, such as industrial sector and students is still below under expectations • Some old and well established universities are fairly slow compare to new and flexible ones • Academic Assessment and Quality Improvement Boards did not performed well in some universities • In some universities only pilot observation

  20. Strength of HE in TURKEY • Departments in Science and Technology are eager in QA • Increase in cooperation with industrial sector • Participation of proffessors, as stakeholders, are very good • QA process opened more places for HEIs far away from the eyes • QA has pushing effect on established HEIs, competition between universities are increasing • ABET experiences helped so much in QA of MUDEK • Effect of sharply increasing number of ERASMUS students from Europe and to Europe is amazing • There is no important resistance for QA system in HEIs as there was a little at the beginning • Number of people who hold PhD is increasing

  21. To Summarize • According to the last data collected: • Universities that have more flexible administration performed very well, because of easy adaptation and • More student oriented universities are moving forward incredibly fast • Well established old universities have disadvantages but they are benefitting from advantages of international students

  22. Thank You for Your Listening • By Muharrem Kaplan • Council of Higher Education • muharrem.kaplan@yok.gov.tr

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