Abstract
The purpose of the article is to identify the main directions of modernization for licensing and accreditation procedures in the field of higher education in Ukraine. To achieve this goal, the following tasks are set: 1) to define the concepts of licensing and accreditation as administrative procedures; 2) to identify existing shortcomings for practical implementation of these procedures; 3) to outline the ways to improve the licensing and accreditation process in higher education. The following methods of scientific cognition were used while working on the article: structural and functional, comparative and legal, formal and logical, modeling, analysis and synthesis. Guarantee and quality assurance of higher education in Ukraine is impossible without the introduction of independent and effective administrative licensing and accreditation procedures. The content of licensing and accreditation as administrative procedures has been defined. The current state of regulatory procedures resolution for licensing educational activities and accreditation of educational programs has been considered. The main directions of the licensing and accreditation system modernization in the field of higher education in Ukraine have been highlighted. It has been emphasized that the solution of this problem requires the implementation of a number of measures to improve the licensing and accreditation procedures as components of the Ukrainian higher education control system. The study concluded that the main task in this field should be the optimization of the procedures by simplifying them, ensuring objectivity, transparency, anti-corruption; reviewing and simplifying licensing and accreditation procedures by reducing phasing and duplication of functions; possible reduction of some existing terms of case trying; introduction of a single electronic document flow during licensing or accreditation, etc.
Highlights
Among the most important aspects of improving the system of administrative procedures in higher education the need for modernization of licensing and accreditation procedures should be noted
The purpose of this article is to analyze the main directions of modernization of licensing and accreditation procedures in the field of higher education in Ukraine, which involves defining the concepts of licensing and accreditation as administrative procedures, identifying existing shortcomings in the practice of their implementation at the current stage of development of administrative and procedural relations in higher education and description of the main directions of improvement of the licensing and accreditation process in accordance with the general tendencies of development of educational relations
Administrative licensing and accreditation procedures have a special place in the overall array of higher education procedures aimed at streamlining administrative, regulatory, control and other administrative activities in the educational field, forming the basis of the regulatory framework for higher education institutions and the quality assurance system in Ukraine
Summary
Among the most important aspects of improving the system of administrative procedures in higher education the need for modernization of licensing and accreditation procedures should be noted Because this is the licensing and accreditation aimed at garanteeing the quality of graduate training, strengthening the autonomy of educational institution, increasing the responsibility for the activity results, ensuring the state control over adherence to the state educational standards. From our point of view, the establishment of such an independent body as the National Agency for Higher Education Quality Assurance should be recognized as one of the most progressive. This body is implementing a new accreditation system for educational programs, based on European standards and best practices. It is worth remembering that higher education fulfills an important social order of the state, namely, it Volume 9 - Issue 27 / March 2020 537
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