(1204) “HARMONIZING QUALITY ASSURANCE STRATEGIES IN GEORGIA WITH STANDARDS FOR QUALITY ASSURANCE IN THE EUROPEAN HIGHER EDUCATION AREA (ENQA)'' -DISSEMINATION STRATEGY IN THE FRAMEWORK OF TEMPUS PROJECT

摘要

The article deals with the findings of the gap analysis conducted by the institutions as the result of theworkpackage 2 in the framework of the TEMPUS project TNE_QA (Promoting Quality and Recognitionof Transnational Education in Armenia and Georgia). Synthetic self-evaluation of TEMPUS Projectpartner Universities was provided via gap analysis to harmonize the quality assurance strategies withthe standards and guidelines for quality assurance in the European Higher Education Area (ENQA).At first 7 domains were defined by the questionnaire:1 Policy and procedures for quality assurance;;2 Approval, monitoring and periodic review of programs and awards;;3 Assessment of students;;4 Quality assurance of teaching staff;;5 Learning resources and student support;;6 Information systems;;7 Public information.For each domain, the guidelines of ENQA & OECD/UNESCO were followed and a realistic and honestevaluation of the institution position was provided. The exercise was done from the point of internalquality assurance of HEIs.Gap analysis provided by the institutions showed whether 1. The institution was doing particularly wellregarding the criterion, the procedures existed and the evaluation results were good: no particularchange or improvement was needed;;2. The institution was performing average on the criteria: theprocedures existed and some results were satisfying, but there was still some room for improvement;;3. The institution performed poorly, either because the procedures were not yet operational orbecause the institution struggled to get acceptable results on the criterion;;4. The institution did not atall cover some aspects or all of the aspects of a criterion. The comments showing the reason of theexisting gap helped the institution better understand the concrete situation and present someevidence.The concrete findings helped the HEIs find the strength and weakness of their internal qualityassurance system and define the ways of improvement for implementing TNE.