2014 Evaluation Practices Exchange with NIAD-UE

Higher Education Evaluation andAccreditation Council of Taiwan
Briefing
Presented by

Dr. Ru-Jer Wang (王如哲 教授)
Executive Director
Higher Education Evaluation & Accreditation Council of Taiwan
May 29, 20141

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Outline of Presentation1• Higher Education in Taiwan

2• Introduction of HEEACT

3• Evaluation Practices in HEEACT

4562• Publications• Internationalization• Concluding Remarks

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1. Higher Education in Taiwan(1) Number of universities and colleges Dramatic increase in the past 10 years with 161

institutions in 2014 (1/3 national U; 2/3 private U)(2) Number of student enrollment

 With a total number of 1.3 millions increased 65% in

10 years (2013 vs. 2003) with a number of 33,686
PhD students, 184,113 graduate students, 1 million
undergraduates(3) University entrance exam admission rate Almost 95% in 2013

(4) Number of foreign students studying inTaiwan: 78,261 students in 20133

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1. Higher Education in Taiwan(5) The impact and challenge of higher
education in Taiwan
 Excessive number of university and college,

diluted higher education resources Low birth rate, insufficient source of students
 More competitive international environment,
stricter ranking system of international higher
education institutions
 The polarization of student quality
 Prevention of unhooked sectors between
industry and academy

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2. Introduction of HEEACT(1) Non-governmental QA agency(2) Endowed in 2005 with mutual funds of the government
and 153 institutions in Taiwan
 45 full-time staff and more than 2000 reviewers(3) HEEACT Accreditation Model HEEACT adopted American model of accreditation
featuring peer review and on-site visit in the processand procedures of evaluation5

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2. Introduction of HEEACT(4) Organizational Structure of HEEACT
Board of Directors

Supervisors

Chairman of the Board
Advisory
Committee

Expound and Arbitrate
Committee

Executive Director
Taiwan Medical Accreditation Council

Taiwan Nursing Accreditation Council

Office of ComprehensiveServices

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Office of Quality Assurance

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2. Introduction of HEEACT(5) Self-enhancement Mechanism
A. Conducted meta evaluation studies from 2006 to 2013
B. Completed self-review in Nov 26-27 2009
 5 international and local reviewers
C. Got ISO9001:2008 certification;
ISO/IEC 27001:2005 certification
D. Will file an application for an external review by INQAAHEE
in the near future this year7

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3. Evaluation Practices in HEEACT(1) Accreditation
Program Accreditation• The First Cycle (2006.10-2010.12)• The Second Cycle (2012.03-2016.12)

Institutional Accreditation (2011.03-12)(2) Five Stages in Accreditation Process
Preparation

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SelfEvaluation

On-siteEvaluation

Decision

Follow up
Evaluation

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3. Evaluation Practices in HEEACT(3) Evaluation Standards
Program Accreditation(Ⅱ Cycle, 2012-2016)• Goals, core competencies,and curriculum• Teacher, teaching andsupport system• Student, learning andsupport system• Research, service andsupport system• Self-analysis, improvementand development
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Institutional Accreditation(2011)• Self-positioning of institution• Institutional governance andmanagement• Teaching and learningresources• Accountability and social
responsibility• Continuous improvement
and quality assurance system

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3. Evaluation Practices in HEEACT(4) Decision Process
Reviewers submit
on-site visit “draftreport”

accredited
status for theevaluatedprograms

evaluated programs
give feedbacks on
the report

Accreditation
Review Committee
finalizes
accreditation
outcomessuggests theaccreditation
outcomes

If the evaluated programs disagree with the accreditation
statuses, they may file an appeal.

10reviewers finalize
the “Onsite VisitReport”

Preliminary
Accreditation
Review
Subcommittee

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3. Evaluation Practices in HEEACT(5) accreditation statuses
Accredited• have been accredited by the HEEACT

Accreditedconditionally• have been accredited partially and should
be reviewed by the HEEACT one year
later

Denial• not eligible to achieve the HEECACT
standards.

Appeal Validity for accreditation is only 5 years
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3. Evaluation Practices in HEEACT(6) Results Published A total of 1724 programmes and 735 degrees have been
evaluated
 HEEACT publishes the final results, accreditation reports andobjections on the website

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3. Evaluation Practices in HEEACT(7) Focus on Peer Review
A. Reviewers are appointed based on the following
criteria: qualification and training
B. Reviewers will have to attend a compulsory 12 credit
hours of HEEACT training sessions.
C. The term of appointment is only one year and will berenewed.

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4. Publications(1) E- Journal (EvaluationBimonthly)(評鑑雙月刊) It is Taiwan’s first professional magazine
with the theme of “higher educationevaluation”
 could be accessed at
http://epaper.heeact.edu.tw and is freeof charge(2) BOOKS

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4. Publications(3) Higher Education Evaluation and Development(HEED)
A. an academic journal released in June and December inEnglish and August in Chinese each year
B.a membership journal of Asia-Pacific Quality Network(APQN)

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5. Internationalization(1) Membership with•INQAAHE Conference (2013)•International collaborative projects:
INQAAHE Small States Internship(2011)•INQAAHE (observer board member)•Dr. Angela Yung-Chi Hou serves asVice President (2013 Mar.-2015 Mar.)•APQN (full member)16

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5. Internationalization(2) Collaborates with quality assurance agencies

Signing MOU with international assurance agencies (ONESQA,NAAC, ARACIS, AACCUP, NIAD-UE, JUAA, SEEI, MQA, HKCAAVQ,APQN)

Signing MOU with MQA(2012)

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Signing MOU with NIAD-UE (2011)

Signing MOU with HKCAAVQ(2013)Signing MOU with ONESQA (2013)2014 Evaluation Practices Exchange with NIAD-UE

5. Internationalization(3) Annually International conference (from2006)•2013 INQAAHE Conference
Dr.Anthony McClaran,
Chief Executive of QAA-UK•2012 IREG6 Conference• 2011 Conference

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Dr.Judith Eaton,
President of CHEA

Dr.Yiu-Kwan Fan,
Executive directorof HKCAAVQDr.Guy Haug,
Dr.Jason E. Lane,
International Higher Director of
Education Expert
Rockefeller Instituteof Government;
Education Studies &Senior Fellow,
State University of
New York, Albany,
USA

Dr.David Woodhouse,
President of INQAAHEDr.Deane Neubauer,
Senior Fellow, EWC

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6. Concluding Remarks
Our Contributions(1) Strengthen self-quality management to ensure ourservice quality(2) Enhance the Program Evaluation to help universities
deepen their educational quality(3) Provide the objective higher education quality
information to stakeholders all over the world(4) Disseminating professional knowledge and practicalexperience in higher education evaluation19

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6. Concluding Remarks
Future Prospects(1) Improving higher education evaluation
system(2) Establishing higher education reviewers’ professional
system(3) Striving for serving as a meta-evaluation
agency20(4) Becoming a platform for higher
education quality assurance andinternational cooperation andconnection

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Thank youfor your kind attention!

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