Proses Akreditasi
Internasional
Dr. Pepen Arifin
Satuan Penjaminan Mutu - ITB
What is accreditation?
• Accreditation is external quality assurance that an institution or university program meets the
quality standards established by organizations representing the academic community,
What is a standard/criteria?
• The standard/criteria for ABET, ASIIN and AUN-QA is
outcome based. It focuses on what the students have learned or what they can actually do.
• The Standard/Criteria is set by:
• Professional (ABET)
• Technical university, University of Applied Sciences, Technical and Scientific Professionals and Federation of Employers
(ASIIN)
• AUN-QA
• It requires the programs to:
• Define their own objectives and outcomes
• Measure their performance.
Why is accreditation important?
• Maintain high standards of quality in their fields of study and compete with similar private and governmental institute in the area.
• Establish national and international recognition of expected graduate qualifications.
• Assure that graduates are adequately prepared to enter and continue the practice of engineering
• Provide potential students a quality education which will lead to a wide range of job mobility
• Identify accredited programs to the public
• Provide cost effective means of impartial feedback on program assessment and development
• Motivate regular comprehensive review of programs by institutions creating an expectation of continuous
What are the benefits of
accreditation?
• Student choosing an educational program
• Parents seeking assurance of a quality education
• Institutions program’s strengths and weaknesses and
of ways to improve their education
• Employers recruiting well-prepared graduates to
begin professional practice
• Industry seeking to voice educational needs to
institutions
• Government and partners and public that their funds
are spend well
• Consideration for admission for excellent graduate
How does a degree program get
accredited?
• The degree program must:
• meet general criteria and specific/program
• demonstrate that it uses a continual process of evaluating the courses and curricula.
• makes curricula changes when needed
How is program evaluation
done?
• The Program must prepare Self-Study Report:
• Provide detailed information on all aspects of the
program
• Qualitative and Quantitative assessment of the
strengths and limitations of the program
• The assessment should include
• the achievement of institutional and program
educational objectives
• assessment of outcome-competencies
• involve broad and appropriate groups in its
Continuous improvement: the
heart of accreditation
• Establish purpose (mission statement) and set goals (timeline)
• Define/refine program educational objectives and student outcomes
• Design and conduct assessments
• Evaluate assessment findings
What is ABET?
• Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology
• Accreditor for degree program in the disciplines of applied science, computing, engineering and engineering technology at the bachelor and master degree levels.
• Four commission:
• Applied Science Accreditation Commission (ASAC)
• Computing Accreditation Commission (CAC)
• Engineering Accreditation Commission (EAC)
Program eligibility requirements
• ABET accredits programs only—not departments, colleges, institutions, or individuals.
• Program is an integrated, organized experience that culminates in the awarding of a degree.
• The program will have program educational
• ABET accredit programs offered by degree-granting institutions with verifiable and
recognized governmental, national, or regional authority to confer degrees
• Programs requesting an initial accreditation
review must have at least one graduate prior to the academic year when the on-site review
occurs.
Accreditation step by step (1)
• Step 1: Complete the Readiness Review by November 1
• Step 2: Submit your Request for Evaluation and Request for Approval by January 31
• Step 3: Complete and submit your Self-Study Report by July 1
Accreditation step by step (2)
• Step 5: Due Process and the Accreditation Decision
• 1 Week After the Visit: Provide the review team with any errors of fact resulting from the exit meeting.
• 2-3 months after the visit: Your institution receives the Draft Statement, a formal communication of your review team’s findings.
• 3-4 months after the visit: During the 30-Day Due Process period your institution responds to any shortcomings
identified in the Draft Statement
• July: The ABET commissions meet to decide Accreditation Actions.
• By August 31: Your program is formally notified of the
Fees for Programs Outside the
U.S. (2017 – 2018 cycles)
• Readiness Reviews
• Fee for each program reviewed $1,000
• On-Site Reviews
• Base fee for an on-site review $8,025
• Fee for each program evaluator (PEV) $8,025
• Additional Fees
• One evaluator reviewing two programs $345
• Extra day, per program evaluator $345
• Visit to off-campus location, per location $345
• Annual Maintenance
• Base fee per campus per commission $1,295
What is ASIIN?
• Akkreditierungs agentur für Studiengänge der
Ingenieurwissenschaften, der Informatik, der Naturwissenschaften und der Mathematik (ASIIN)
• Founded in 1999 as the non-profit association for the
accreditation of degree programmes in engineering an informatics (ASII)
• Expanded to ASIIN in 2002 by including the fields of
natural sciences and mathematics.
• Since 2000, ASII or ASIIN has the right to award the
Program accreditation
• Bachelor’s and Master’s degree programmes:
• in engineering
• in computer science
• in natural sciences
• in all interdisciplinary areas that include one or more of the aforementioned subject areas
• in international and European collaborations, e.g. “double degree” or “joint degree”, that include one of the aforementioned subject areas
Initiation of the
Accreditation Process
• University is asked to turn in the Accreditation Request
• Discussion in ASIIN‘s Technical Committee(s)
Preparing the Self-Assessment
• Self assessment report must be compiled by the university
• It should be based on the internal QA-system
• Compilation takes 6-12 months to prepare
• University staff (administrative and academic) needs to contribute content
The on-site visit
• Standard team for initial accreditation:
• 4 ASIIN peers, representatives from
• Technical Universities or Universities (more research oriented; 1-2 peers)
• Universities of Applied Sciences (1-2 peers) • Industry (1 peer)
• Discussion with representatives of institution‘s administration
The on-site visit
• Discussion with academic staff
• Discussion with students/alumni/ representatives of industry
• Review of exams (written, final, projects…)
• Visitation of the institution (laboratories, library, …)
• Final internal discussion of auditors
After the on-site visit
• Audit and production of auditor report (2 weeks)
• Comments by university (submission of additional information material, if required ) (4 weeks)
• Final recommendation by the auditors (1 week)
• Discussion in relevant Technical Committee(s) (4 weeks)
The accreditation decision:
Possible outcomes
• Accreditation without reservation: Accreditation valid for five years.
• Conditional accreditation with requirements and recommendations:
• Accreditation initially limited to one year, extended to a total of five years after fulfillment of the requirements.
• Suspension of the accreditation process: With conditions, for up to 18 months
• The process will be taken up again after the conditions have been met.
Recommendations
• …identify issues that require medium- to long-term efforts for further improvement; for
example completing the quality assurance system.
• …should have been implemented before the next accreditation visit; if not, explicit justification is
required.
Requirements
• …identify issues that require immediate efforts for further improvement; for example completing the module handbook or improving single
modules/courses.
• …must be demonstrated to have been
implemented within ca. nine months after the accreditation decision.
Suspension - Conditions
• The accreditation process can be suspended, if the degree programs in question require substantial improvement
before an accreditation decision can be reached (i.e. formulating coherent objectives and learning outcomes on all levels, major curricular changes, completion of infrastructure).
Comments and suggestions
• The accreditation report may contain further comments, suggestions and examples of good practice.
• These items will not be of immediate relevance for the accreditation decision, but may be useful for further quality improvement
Follow-up should include a concentrated review
Financial Framework
• ASIIN e.V. is a non-profit organisation
• Costs depend on:
• Number of peers (travelling, accommodation and subsistence)
• Number of programs to be accredited
• Duration of audit
Accreditation of degree programs
based outside of Germany
• The content-related core of the ASIIN General Criteria is decisive for the award of the ASIIN quality seal, irrespective of the country the
organisation applying for accreditation is located in.
• Those parts of the ASIIN General Criteria related to the implementation of specific national and
ASIIN’s approach to assessment
• Definition of goals:
• For each programme, the main focus lies on the learning outcomes that should be achieved by students during their studies.
• The overall learning outcomes aimed at in the programme must be rigorously collated with the goals of the learning outcomes of the individual modules in the programme.
• Implementation:
• The measures, instruments and resources which are the product of the supporting or organisational processes of a higher education institution that it invests in the implementation of a programme (input) in order to attain the defined goals (outcome).
• Further development and checking results:
• The institution’s internal quality assurance process is considered at this juncture;
What is ASEAN University
Network (AUN)?
• Association of the leading universities and colleges in
ASEAN member Countries
• Established in November 1995
• Charter of the AUN was signed by the ASEAN
Ministers responsible for higher education.
• Comprise of 26 leading universities from 10 ASEAN
countries
• AUN Member (Indonesia):
• Universitas Gadjah Mada
• Universitas Indonesia
• Institut Teknologi Bandung
• Universitas Airlangga
AUN Major Activities within
ASEAN
• ASEAN studies program
• Student and faculty exchange program
• Scholarships program
• Information networking
• Collaborative research
• AUN-QA
• ASEAN executive development program
• ASEAN graduate business/economics program
AUN Towards ASEAN
Community
AUN-Quality Assurance
(AUN-QA)
• Background
• Established in November 2000 (Bangkok Accord)
• Aim:
• to promote the development of a quality assurance system as an instrument for maintaining, improving and enhancing teaching, research and the overall academic standards of AUN member universities.
Bangkok Accord
• Appoint CQO (Chief Quality Officer) from each member university
• Establish system of common QA criteria
• Mutual collaboration and information exchange
• Encourage good practices for QA
• Facilitate auditing and assessment
• Mutual consultation on any differences or disputes
• Seek further and deeper engagement with ASEAN dialogue partners
Objectives of AUN-QA
• Develop, promote, implement and enhance the
AUN-QA Guidelines and criteria
• Facilitate and conduct AUN quality assessment
• Serve as the authority for issuing AUN quality labels
• Develop and train quality assurance professionals and
practitioners
• Provide advisory and consulting services on best
quality assurance practices
• Collaborate with other quality agencies inside and
outside ASEAN in relation to harmonisation of quality assurance frameworks and development of
professionals in quality assurance.
The AUN-QA Policies
• Continuously strive to improve the
implementation of a Quality Assurance System.
• Quality Assurance exchange and training program
• Formulate a plan by which the Quality Assurance System could be enhanced and commonly
recognized by AUN.
• Welcome cross-external audits using commonly agreed upon auditing
• The quality criteria of the core activities of AUN member universities shall be the foundation of any audit instruments formulated by AUN.
AUN-QA Members
• Universitas Gadjah Mada
• Universitas Indonesia
• Institut Teknologi Bandung
• Universitas Airlangga
AUN-QA Associate Members
• Institut Pertanian Bogor
• Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember
• Univeritas Brawijaya
• Universitas Diponegoro
• Universitas Hasanuddin
• Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia
• UIN Syarif Hidayatullah, Jakarta
• London School of Public Relation, Jakarta
10. Universitas Islam Indonesia 11. Universitas Bina Nusantara
How to become AUN-QA
associate member?
• The intent university need to send trainee to be trained, learn, and understand more about AUN-QA System. The system need to be implemented at their own university.
• After the system is implemented, the university will need to submit the letter of intent to apply for AUN-QA
Associate Membership along with this application form. This application then will be submitted to AUN-QA Council for approval.
• After the university is accepted, the university can then request for the assessment by submitting the list of
AUN-QA Assessment
• Individual members may invite and facilitate auditing, assessment and review by other Member Universities as well as by external bodies
• AUN member institutions welcome cross-external audits using commonly agreed upon auditing
instruments and using quality criteria of the core activities of member universities
Rationale for Undertaking
Program Assessment
• Improvement and assurance of academic quality
• Provides evidence of quality to the public
• Provides mechanisms for continuous quality improvement for the sustainability and
development of the program
• Buffers against pressures to lower quality standards.
The aims of assessment
• Improvement and assurance of academic quality
• Provides evidence of quality to the public
• Provides mechanisms for continuous quality improvement for the sustainability and
development of the program
• To promote the recognition and acceptance of AUN programs which have demonstrated their competence and quality
• Harmonization of higher education in ASEAN.
• Graduates are recognized for their competent training and employability.
AUN-QA Assessment at
Program Level
• Self-assessment
• Self Assessment Report (SAR) using criteria approved by the AUN-QA
• Peer Assessment
• On-site review and validation of the evidence.
• Action and Feedback
• Reviews the evidence and recommendations, prepares its decision, and communicates the Assessment Team’ s
report and AUN decision to the institution.
• Monitoring and Oversight
• The quality of the program needs to be monitored and maintained over cycles of every few years.
Report and decision
Expense of the AUN-QA
Assessment
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Item Member Associate Member
1. Honorarium for Lead
Assessors USD 750 per programme (borne by host) USD 750 per programme (borne by host)
2. Honorarium for
Assessors USD 500 per programme (borne by host) USD 500 per programme(borne by host)
3. Airfare for Assessors and two AUN Secretariats
Borne by host(economy class)
Borne by host(economy class)
4. Accommodation for Assessors and two AUN Secretariats
Borne by host Borne by host
5. Administrative Fee to AUN Secretariats
USD 1,000 per assessment (borne by host)
USD 1,000 per assessment (borne by host)
6. Local Hospitality (meals
and transportation) Borne by host Borne by host
Workshop Design (1)
• Common framework (morning session):
• Route to international accreditation
• Outcomes Based Education
• Outcomes assessment
• Institution Management
Workshop Design (2)
• Specific framework (ABET, ASIIN, AUN-QA)
• Standard/Criteria
• Outcomes & curriculum
• Outcomes assessment
• Continuous improvement
Workshop Facilitators (1)
• Dr. Pepen Arifin
(AUN-QA Assessor, Task force ASIIN, ABET-ITB Representative )
• Dr. Estiyanti Ekawati
(ABET-ITB Representative, Task force ABET)
• Dr. Suprijadi
(AUN-QA Assesor- Physics)
• Prof. Satria Bijaksana
(AUN-QA Assessor-Geophysical Eng)
• Prof. Hermawan KD
(Task force ABET, former Dean FTI and Program Chair)
• Dr. Arief Saichu Rohman
Workshop Facilitators (2)
• Dr. Winny Wulandari
(Task force ABET-Chemical Engineering)
• Dr. Paramashanti
(Task force ABET – Ocean Engineering)
• Dr. IGBN Makertihartha
(Task force ABET – Chemical Engineering)
• Dr. Alexander A. Iskandar (Task force ASIIN- Physics)
• Dr. Indra Wibowo
(Task force ASIIN - Biology)
• Dr. Yuli S. Indartono
(Director of Education – ITB)
• Dr. Muchlis
Terima Kasih
Workshop Nasional Strategi Meraih Akreditasi Internasional, 18 - 19 April
