TY - GEN
T1 - Comparison of the Abet and AQU/ANECA Quality Assurance Systems
T2 - 10th Annual International Conference of Education, Research and Innovation (ICERI)
AU - Baguena-Polo, J.
AU - Monllor-Satoca, D.
AU - Blanco-Roca, M. J.
PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - Quality assurance systems have become a regular part of the higher education system, mostly upon the implementation of the European Higher Education Area (EHEA). In this regard, a good process definition within these systems will allow obtaining good results both from a title and institution perspective. Among the different existing systems, these processes rely on similar principles, although they might not be exactly equivalent. For instance, ABET (USA accreditation) considers eight quality criteria: (1) Students, (2) Program educational objectives, (3) Student outcomes, (4) Continuous improvement, (5) Curriculum, (6) Faculty, (7) Facilities and (8) Institutional support. In parallel, AQU/ANECA (Catalan and Spanish accreditation, respectively) consider six quality standards: (1) Program quality, (2) Public information, (3) Quality assurance system, (4) Faculty, (5) Learning support and (6) Program results. This work aims to compare both quality assurance systems (i.e. ABET and AQU/ ANECA), after their implementation in IQS School of Engineering (University Ramon Llull); in particular, we shall focus on the presently accredited titles of Chemical Engineering (BSc and MSc) and Industrial Engineering (BSc and MSc).
AB - Quality assurance systems have become a regular part of the higher education system, mostly upon the implementation of the European Higher Education Area (EHEA). In this regard, a good process definition within these systems will allow obtaining good results both from a title and institution perspective. Among the different existing systems, these processes rely on similar principles, although they might not be exactly equivalent. For instance, ABET (USA accreditation) considers eight quality criteria: (1) Students, (2) Program educational objectives, (3) Student outcomes, (4) Continuous improvement, (5) Curriculum, (6) Faculty, (7) Facilities and (8) Institutional support. In parallel, AQU/ANECA (Catalan and Spanish accreditation, respectively) consider six quality standards: (1) Program quality, (2) Public information, (3) Quality assurance system, (4) Faculty, (5) Learning support and (6) Program results. This work aims to compare both quality assurance systems (i.e. ABET and AQU/ ANECA), after their implementation in IQS School of Engineering (University Ramon Llull); in particular, we shall focus on the presently accredited titles of Chemical Engineering (BSc and MSc) and Industrial Engineering (BSc and MSc).
KW - Abet
KW - Aneca
KW - Aqu
KW - Accreditation
KW - Quality Assurance
KW - Standard Criteria
UR - https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=pure_univeritat_ramon_llull&SrcAuth=WosAPI&KeyUT=WOS:000429975305076&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS_CPL
U2 - 10.21125/iceri.2017.1411
DO - 10.21125/iceri.2017.1411
M3 - Conference contribution
T3 - Iceri Proceedings
SP - 5382
EP - 5389
BT - ICERI2017 Proceedings
A2 - Chova, LG
A2 - Martinez, AL
A2 - Torres, IC
PB - International Academy of Technology, Education and Development (IATED)
Y2 - 16 November 2017 through 18 November 2017
ER -