Professional paper
Higher Education Quality Assurance in the Republic of Croatia
Zorica Predojević
; University of Rijeka, Faculty of Maritime Studies, Rijeka, Croatia
Ines Kolanović
orcid.org/0000-0001-9545-8601
; University of Rijeka, Faculty of Maritime Studies, Rijeka, Croatia
Abstract
Reform of the higher education system has been induced by the requisite creation of a unique European area of higher education, aimed at the development of a new dimension of the European society and knowledge. As a part of the reform, adequate measures were undertaken and new quality assurance and development mechanisms were implemented. The basis for consolidation and implementation of quality assurance in the Republic of Croatia is the Bologna Declaration, with Standards and Guidelines for Quality Assurance in the European Higher Education Area being the fundamental document concerning quality assurance within the context. The objective of this work is to show the importance of the Bologna process in the function of higher education quality assurance in the Republic of Croatia as the fundamental mission in the development of knowledge society and economy as a whole. In this accordance, the aim of this work is to show the progress followed in the implementation of the Bologna process through promoting students’ and educators’ mobility, setting up the quality monitoring system and pursuing European cooperation.
Keywords
quality assurance; higher education; the Bologna process
Hrčak ID:
138220
URI
Publication date:
28.4.2015.
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