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Students' Participation in the Governance of HEI's: Armenian Reality. Sargis ASATRIANTS 17 October , 2013 Yerevan, Armenia. Content. ANSA short presentation Quantitative assessment of student participation in Higher Education Institution management process through sociological research
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Students' Participation in the Governance of HEI's: Armenian Reality Sargis ASATRIANTS17 October, 2013Yerevan, Armenia
Content ANSA short presentation Quantitative assessment of student participation in Higher Education Institution management process through sociological research Qualitative assessment of students’ role and involvement in higher education management through deep / structural analysis Recommendations for improvement
WHO ARE WE? We are an organization that likes to say YES to students!
We are ‘’Umbrella’’ organization of 16 local student unions from all over Armenia. Being the largest representative of the student body on the national level our organization aims to advocate, promote and protect educational, social, economic, cultural interests and rights of over 90 thousand students both on national and international level.Our organization works for having stable, affordable and quality higher education.
Other Governing bodies Faculty Councils Academic Councils Board Quality Assurance Internal Centre
Criterias • Representativeness - Representation of all students and of all their interests • Democracy - A decision making process democratically run and controlled by students; • Independence - Independence in decision making process against universities, government and party politics
Local Student Union • Improving information flow to and from students • Ensuring more pluralism in debates • Establish independent structures, clear mandates and action plan of their activities
Universities • Give students more access over resources • Improve the level of their own proficiency
The Ministry of Education and Science • Improve the information dissemination about current education reforms in HEIs • Revision of the existing legislation to make student bodies more independent • Consider the status of private universities
Contacts: SargisAsatriants Vice Chairperson Armenian National Students’ Association Address: 8 Vardanants side-str., 0004 Yerevan, Armenia Phone: 00374 10 545254, Mob: 00374 55 334994 Fax: 00374 10 545254 E-mail: secretariat.ansa@gmail.com Web Site: http://www.ansa.am