This study was designed to compare and analyze the evaluation system of academic organization evaluation between Korea and foreign countries. A university[college] education is the most important factor to decide on the national competitiveness. So va...
This study was designed to compare and analyze the evaluation system of academic organization evaluation between Korea and foreign countries. A university[college] education is the most important factor to decide on the national competitiveness. So various countries are strengthening evaluation about higher education to manage quality of university.
This study was purposed to understand the evaluation system of academic organization evaluation and to acquire suggestion on the institutional accreditation. Evaluation system consist of evaluation subjects, evaluation purposes, evaluation standards, evaluation method and evaluation result utilization. To accomplish this purpose, the study compared the evaluation system of the United States of America, England, Japan, and Korea.
An academic evaluation of each nation was according to evaluation purposes and direction of academic policy. However, there were some common factors on the whole. The common elements of the evaluation system are as follows: First, all countries(America, England, Japan) operate the independent assessment organization to evaluate quality of higher education. Second, the purpose of an academic evaluation is to manage quality of higher education. Third, each countries(America, England, Japan) take self-evaluation of University[college] seriously. Fourth, external expert execute on-site evaluation. Finally, evaluation results is reported to University[college] quickly and accurately. The research suggest that it is necessary to establish the independent assessment organization to assure the specialization and to conduct proper and fair college evaluations.