Institutional principles of quality assurance in higher education

Abstract

Higher education institutions both in Ukraine and in the world as a whole are under the influence of significant changes caused by exogenous and endogenous trends. The aim of the paper is to determine the essence and characteristics of institutionalism in ensuring the quality of higher education, based on the stakeholder approach in terms of the needs and motivations of stakeholders in the higher education sector. The article defines the essence of institutionalization of higher education quality assurance. It is emphasized that institutionalization involves the introduction of effective systems, structures and practices that allow the effective implementation of development goals at different levels in the context of the educational sector, as well as the achievement of development goals in the regional and national contexts. The need to comply with sectoral and cross-sectoral norms and quality assurance frameworks in the context of the institutional framework was emphasized. Emphasis is placed on the need to form a complex of institutionalism in the management of the higher education sector around the Bologna process. This study can be useful to specialized scientists and analysts of the educational sector, non-profit organizations in the field of higher education management, higher education institutions, state authorities, local authorities. Prospects for further research are an in-depth analysis of the factors influencing the institutionalism of higher education quality assurance in the context of European integration and adaptation to Ukrainian realities of international best practices.