The Impact of International Accreditation and Rankings on the Transformation of Higher Education System in RF

• Main Author: Sergey Zapryagaev
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Danubius University 2015-05-01
• Series: EIRP Proceedings
• Subjects: quality assurance; educational institution; performance
• Online Access: http://www.proceedings.univ-danubius.ro/index.php/eirp/article/view/1585/1456

The problem of quality of modern higher education is the subject of research in the public academic and administrative environments. Accreditation and rating are considered as the tools to assess national systems of higher education. In this case, the rating associated usually with superlative characteristic, but the accreditation meets only the minimum requirements. In this paper the impact of these tools discusses on the example of Russian universities. The conclusion of the work is the assertion of the need to develop a new form of quality accreditation in the form of international accreditation. International accreditation allows universities to achieve superlative quality based on a set of estimated parameters, as opposed to an integrated, faceless rankings parameter.