Analytic Quality Glossary
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Citation reference: Harvey, L., 2004–12, Analytic Quality Glossary, Quality Research International, http://www.qualityresearchinternational.com/glossary/
This is a dynamic glossary and the author would welcome any e-mail suggestions for amendments or additions.
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core definition
Recognition is the formal acknowledgement of the status of an
organisation, institution or programme.
explanatory context
Recognition may be on a basis of mutual acknowledgement (often
bilateral), through member ship of a network or established through a formal
acknowledgement process such as accreditation
analytical review
CHEA (2002), defines recognition is the United States as
Acknowledgment that an accrediting organization meets or surpasses standards set by the entity conducting the recognition review.
The
UNESCO definition of recognition is:
Formal acknowledgement of (i) individual
academic or professional qualifications; (ii) programmes
of a higher education institution; and/or (iii) quality assurance agencies, by a
competent recognition authority that acknowledges certain standards and/or
values with respect to special purposes that indicate the consequences of
recognition. Recognition is usually of a cross-institutional and/or
cross-border nature. As regards recognition of individual qualifications,
learning experiences (e.g., degrees, diplomas, or periods of study) are
validated with a view to facilitating the access of holders to educational
and/or employment activities. Here, at least two kinds of recognition, those
for academic and those for professional purposes, should be distinguished.
Programme recognition generally refers to the recognition of a specific
programme of study of one higher education institution by another. It functions
on the basis of a peer-acknowledgement procedure and is meant to allow a
student to engage in continued study at the latter institution or to exempt him
or her from re-studying subjects and materials which are not significantly
different in different higher education institutions. With regard to
institutions, recognition refers to the acknowledgement of quality assurance
agencies or accrediting organizations, deemed to be trustful, efficient, and
accountable institutions of quality assurance, following particular recognition
standards set by the competent (usually foreign) recognition authorities.
(Vl‹sceanu et al. 2004,
pp. 54Ð55)
related terms
See
also
sources
Vlãsceanu, L., Grünberg, L., and Pârlea, D., 2004, Quality Assurance and Accreditation: A Glossary of Basic Terms and Definitions (Bucharest, UNESCO-CEPES) Papers on Higher Education, ISBN 92-9069-178-6. http://www.cepes.ro/publications/Default.htm accessed Jan 2005, neither this nor the later edition (2007) are available on-line at this address 18 January 2012.