The Scenario of an Evaluation and External Quality Assurance Model of Higher Education in the Next Decade

Abstract

The objectives of this research article were 1) to analyze and synthesize phenomena and components of an evaluation and external quality assurance model of higher education; and 2) to develop the scenario of an evaluation and external quality assurance model in the next decade.  The research process was  EDFR technique.  Key informants totaling 21 persons comprised: the persons who have direct and indirect power in formulation of policies concerning the evaluation and external quality assurance of higher education, the persons who have duty and roles in the operation to respond to the above-mentioned policy, academics on evaluation and external quality assurance and employers of graduated students. The research results show that 1) the phenomenon and components of the external higher education quality assurance model consist of 5 components: (1) a paradigm of higher education institutions that has changed from theory-based to practice-based; (2) the goal toward collaborating with other organizations to enhance what they do not specialize in; (3) the criteria dimension: ranking of higher education institutions by group and determining common criteria that measure both the efficiency and competence of graduates with general and specific criteria and indicators; (4) innovation methods that aim to assess the external quality of educational outcomes by giving freedom to the production process of higher education institutions; and (5) confidence in monitoring the outcomes and impacts that should be monitored every year in order to evaluate from the beginning in the form of formative assessment; and  2) the scenario of the model in the next decade consists of four main components: (1) the concept of the evaluation and external quality assurance model for higher education in the next decade consists of changes, mobilization, flexibility, stakeholders, and the roles of learners; (2) the components of the model consist of 5 components, namely, the paradigm, goals, criteria dimensions, innovation methods, and confidence; (3) trends of the model; and (4) the process of the model in the next decade. All components are interrelated contributing to the quality of education for lifelong learning in the modern world.