The Concept of Quality Assurance and the QA Program at

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The Concept of Quality Assurance and the QA
Program at Ovidius University of Constantza
  Dr. Eden Mamut
March 29th 2004, Berlin, Germany
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BLACK SEA REGION
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OUC Brief History

• Established in 1961 as a College of Pedagogy (3
  years study)
• Extended in 1972 with a College of Engineering (3
  years study)
• Reorganized as the Ovidius University of
  Constantza in 1990 by the GD
• In 1998 it was founded the Black Sea Universities
  Network
• Web site Http//www.univ-ovidius.ro

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OUC Values

• OUC was named in the honor of Ovidius, the Latin
  poet, author of Ars Amandi, who lived his last
  part of life in the ancient city of Tomis (former
  name of Constantza) as a punishment for his poems
  against the Cezar. At Tomis, Ovidius wrote some
  of his masterpieces like Metamorphosis and
  Tristae.
• The main values promoted by OUC are inspired by
  the life of Ovidius
• To put love and passion in all you are doing
• To have the courage to fight for your ideas even
  against the Cezars
• To accept with dignity the failures
• Wherever you are, to persuade in creating long
  lasting things

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BLACK SEA UNIVERSITIES NETWORK

• Aim The Network was founded for the purpose of
  developing scientific, cultural and educational
  cooperation and exchanges among the Universities
  of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation
  Participating States and other institutions with
  similar concern
• Members 100 Universities of 11 BSEC member
  countries
• Bodies Conference of Rectors of BSR, Executive
  Board, President, IPS
• Centers Center ACADEMICON (Turkey), Center for
  Coordination of Common Graduate Programs
  (Greece), Center for Coordination of Summer
  Schools Short Term Certificate Courses
  (Ukraine), Center for Joint Research Projects
  (Azerbaijan), Center for BSUN Publications
  (Bulgaria), Center for Advanced Engineering
  Sciences (Romania)
• Web site Http//www.bsun.org

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BSUN FRAMEWORK PROGRAMS

• Sustainable Development in the Black Sea Region,
  1998 2000
• University Community Partnership, 2000 2002
• Excellence in Education (EXCEED), 2002 - 2004

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QA Milestones at OUC

• 1992 the cooperation with TUV Bayern and the
  establishment of a QM Research Group at OUC
• 1994 the cooperation with World Bank Economical
  Development Institute on Quality Standards in
  professional training
• 1996 the cooperation with Virginia State
  University on TQM consultancy for SMEs
• 1997 the initiation of cooperation with
  University of Northern Iowa on improvement of
  quality of education by ITC technologies
• 1999 the involvement in the National Strategy on
  QM in HE
• 2000 the effective start up of the QA Program in
  OUC
• 2001 selection among the 5 pilot Universities in
  Romania for the MATRA Project
• 2003 external peer-review of two programs and the
  first draft of the QM

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EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION I

• Defined based on the fundamental role of the
  university to educate the students at the highest
  possible standards in order to offer them the
  chance to build their future carrier and to
  contribute to the sustainable development of the
  Black Sea Region.
• Characteristics
• Flexibility compatibility
• Quality Assurance System
• Performance-oriented Scientific Research

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EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION II

• Basic requirements
• Performance-oriented management system team
• Effective partnership with the community
• Consequences
• Specialization
• Networking

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EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION III

• Implementation principles
• BSUN member universities are a part of the
  European Academic Community and should be fully
  involved in the priorities related to the
  development of the European Higher Education Area
  (EHEA) and European Research Area (ERA) playing
  an active role in the Bologna Process
• Emphasis on the priority for the implementation
  of the quality assurance systems
• Development of cooperation for performance
  oriented scientific research
• The promotion of a very close cooperation with
  BSEC and BSEC related bodies and with other
  regional and international organizations
• Involvement of Students and Young Professors

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Key Elements in Academic Program Evaluation I

• Process Oriented Approach

FINAL ASSESMENT
ENTRY SELECTION

• CURRICULA
• TEACHING STAFF
• FACILITIES
• STANDARDS

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Key Elements in Academic Program Evaluation Ii

• Continuous Improvement Approach

Planning
Standardization
Implementation
Evaluation
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