World Bank Joint Client-Staff Learning Seminar
Quality Assurance in Tertiary Education
in partnership with UNESCO, Commonwealth of Learning (COL), the OECD and the
Centre international d’études pédagogiques (CIEP) Sèvres, France
June 18-20, 2006
Objective:
· To develop a policy research agenda and a framework for the dissemination of good practices in quality assurance
Overarching themes:
1. quality assurance as a tool to alleviate the problem of information asymmetry
2. quality assurance as a tool to improve the quality and relevance of tertiary education
3. quality assurance as a tool to promote institutional development
4. building capacity of quality assurance agencies
Framework for analysis of good practice:
1. Rigor and scope of quality assurance practice
2. Integrity of the quality assurance process
3. Acceptance of the results by stakeholders
SEMINAR DRAFT AGENDA
Sunday – June 18, 200612h00 / Lunch
14h00 / Opening / Mr. Richard Hopper, World Bank
14h15 / Welcome / Mr. Jamil Salmi, World Bank
Mr. Albert Prévost, CIEP
Mr. Georges Haddad, UNESCO
Mr. Bernard Hugonier, OECD
Representative, French Cooperation
15h00 / Keynote address / Ms. Mala Singh, Executive Director, Higher Education Quality Committee of the Council on Higher Education, South Africa.
16h00 / Seminar overview and housekeeping / Mr. Richard Hopper, World Bank
16h30 / Prepare for welcome evening offered by the French Office of International Cooperation
17h30 / Depart via bus from CIEP
18h00 / Cultural evening and dinner
22h00 / Return to CIEP
Monday – June 19, 2006
07h00 / Breakfast
08h30 / Initiation of seminar and introduction of analytical framework: information asymmetry / Mr. Richard Hopper, World Bank
09h00 / A typology of quality assurance systems / Ms. Alenoush Saroyan, McGill University
10h00 / Coffee
10h30 / Panel of country experience in quality assurance worldwide: Chile, Nigeria, Egypt / Ms. Maria-Jose Lemaitre, Chile
Mr. Peter Okebukola, Executive Secretary, Nigeria Universities Commission
Ms. Nadia Badrawi, Chairperson
National Quality Assurance and Accreditation Committee
12h00 / Quality assurance and the challenge of assessment of student learning / Ms. Judith Eaton, Council on Higher Education Accreditation
13h00 / Lunch
14h00 / Panel: How do stakeholders value quality tertiary education?
· 2 university students
· 2 university professors
· 2 industry representatives
· 1 industry headhunter / Ms. Marie-Odile Ottenwaelter, CIEP
(moderator)
15h30 / Coffee
16h00 / IIEP-UNESCO case studies of quality assurance systems in 12 countries: some possible suggestions for general principles of good practice / Ms. Michaela Martin, UNESCO
17h00 / Quality assurance and the challenge of the Bologna Process for developing and transition countries / Mr. Pavel Zgaga, Slovenia QA agency
18h00 / Brief recap and discussion / Ms. Mala Singh, Executive Director, Higher Education Quality Committee of the Council on Higher Education, South Africa.
18h30 / Participant cocktail offered by the World Bank
19h30 / Dinner
Tuesday – June 20, 2006
07h00 / Breakfast
08h30 / Rankings of tertiary education institutions and their programs: the political economy of league tables / Mr. Jamil Salmi and Ms. Alenoush Saroyan, World Bank
09h30 / Quality assurance for open, distance
and eLearning: issues for developing countries, and disseminating information / Sir John Daniel, President and Chief Executive Officer, Commonwealth of Learning
Ms. Asha Kanwar, Vice-President COL
10h30 / Coffee
11h00 / Panel of country experience in quality assurance worldwide: Slovenia, Ghana, and India / Mr. Pavel Zgaga, Slovenia QA agency
Mr. Aki Sawyer, Secretary General, Association of African Universities (AAU)
Mr. V.S. Prasad, Director, National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC), Bangalore, India,
12h30 / Cross-border recognition of credentials and the UNESCO-OECD Guidelines for Cross-Border Higher Education / Ms. Stamenka Uvalic-Trumbic, UNESCO
Mr. Stephane Vincent-Lancrin, OECD
13h30 / Working lunch small group discussion: general principles of good practice in quality assurance – governance, finance, conduct, public disclosure and the relationship to policy formation
15h00 / Presentation of discussion outcomes by small group rapporteurs / Ms. Mala Singh, discussant
16h00 / Panel on regional networks for capacity building in quality assurance / Mr. V.S. Prasad, Vice President,
Asia Pacific Quality Network (APQN)
Ms. Maria-Jose Lemaitre, President,
Latin America Quality Network for Higher Education (RIACES)
Mr. Aki Sawyer, Director General, Association of African Universities (AAU)
17h30 / Seminar recap and analysis / Mr. Richard Hopper, World Bank
18h00 / Closing remarks / Mr. Jamil Salmi, World Bank
18h30 / Program end
19h00 / Dinner