{"id":100804,"date":"2019-07-10T16:17:45","date_gmt":"2019-07-10T14:17:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/?p=100804"},"modified":"2025-12-19T11:24:23","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T10:24:23","slug":"one-step-closer-to-institutional-accreditation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2019\/07\/10\/one-step-closer-to-institutional-accreditation\/","title":{"rendered":"One step closer to institutional accreditation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Every six years, the experts of NVAO drop by the Netherlands\u2019 degree programmes to assess the quality of the provided education. A much-heard complaint \u2013 particularly from the universities \u2013 is that it takes a lot of time and effort to prepare for these audits. Academic staff face a huge workload as it is, leading them to wonder whether the procedure couldn\u2019t be simplified.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Read more<\/h2><ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2018\/06\/21\/a-passing-grade-for-the-university-but-what-does-it-mean\/\">A passing grade for the university. But what does it mean?<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2019\/04\/01\/keuzegids-rates-almost-half-of-all-eur-masters-programmes-as-substandard\/\">Keuzegids rates almost half of all EUR master\u2019s programmes as substandard<\/a><\/li><\/ul><p>They\u2019ve been trying for years to cut back the paperwork. But according to the universities, a previous attempt (the introduction of the \u2018institutional quality assurance test\u2019) didn\u2019t achieve much. Which is why they came up with a new plan: the so-called \u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/www.advalvas.vu.nl\/index.php\/nieuws\/minister-voelt-wel-wat-voor-lichtere-kwaliteitskeuring-universiteiten\">institutional accreditation<\/a>\u2019. In this system, the institutions will review their own degree programmes, with the NVAO merely certifying that they have followed the correct procedures.<\/p>\n<p>The previous government had already prepared an experiment with this form of accreditation, but coalition member VVD in particular <a href=\"https:\/\/www.delta.tudelft.nl\/article\/vvd-zet-hakken-het-zand-oppositie-verdedigt-nieuwe-onderwijskeuring\">wasn\u2019t too keen<\/a> on the plan. This resulted in a compromise: three universities and three universities of applied sciences wanted to assess their education programmes, but NVAO would be tasked with checking each programme individually with regard to a few points. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.advalvas.vu.nl\/index.php\/nieuws\/nvao-voorzitter-wil-minder-woorden-en-meer-daden\">trial<\/a> went <a href=\"https:\/\/www.observantonline.nl\/Home\/Artikelen\/articleType\/ArticleView\/articleId\/13151\/Kabinet-zet-impopulaire-proef-van-Bussemaker-alsnog-door\">underway<\/a> in September 2018.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Pressure of work<\/h2><p>To improve insight into the \u201cexperienced regulatory pressure in relation to quality assurance\u201d, Van Engelshoven commissioned a study into this issue. On Friday, the Minister presented the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rijksoverheid.nl\/documenten\/rapporten\/2019\/06\/19\/ervaren-regeldruk-rond-kwaliteitszorg-in-het-onderwijs\">results<\/a> to the House of Representatives. Research shows that the pressure of work is mainly due to excessive regulation. People working in higher education are not only expected to take the formal legislative framework into account, but also regulations at the institutional, faculty and programme levels.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, staff are confounded by the open way in which various legal provisions and regulations have been phrased. \u201cWithin this scope, you need to be fairly sure of yourself to organise quality assurance programmes that aren\u2019t too demanding,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rijksoverheid.nl\/documenten\/kamerstukken\/2019\/07\/05\/kamerbrief-over-kwaliteitsborging-van-opleidingen-en-administratieve-lasten\">according to the Minister<\/a>. But as becomes clear from the report, that\u2019s exactly where the problem lies: \u201cThey pull out all the stops during an accreditation. It shows that these institutions have insufficient trust in their own vision and quality.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>What\u2019s more: the \u2018unpredictability\u2019 of the NVAO panels and constant adjustments to the requirements further aggravate the experience of regulatory pressure. The Minister will be meeting with the NVAO head to discuss whether the assessments couldn\u2019t be made more predictable. The Minister also wants to shed light on which options degree programmes have to \u2018read between the lines\u2019.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Intervene<\/h2><p>In addition, Van Engelshoven has commissioned a comparative study into experiences with institutional accreditation in other countries. Her letter also presented the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rijksoverheid.nl\/documenten\/rapporten\/2019\/06\/30\/instellingsaccreditatie-in-het-buitenland\">results<\/a> of this review. According to Van Engelshoven, one of the positive effects of this approach is that institutions feel a stronger \u2018ownership\u2019 when it comes to their assessment. In her view, this forms a \u201cmore effective safeguard for quality than a finely meshed complex of third-party regulations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, institutional accreditation seems to help in alleviating the <em>experienced<\/em> regulatory pressure, since the associated activities are felt to be more constructive. Although in fact, this approach probably won\u2019t relieve the pressure of work. On the contrary: according to the report the workload could even increase further.<\/p>\n<p>And institutional accreditation also creates risks of its own. Because how can you be sure that the experts responsible for assessing the degree programmes are truly independent? If a programme turns out to be substandard, it remains to be seen whether the institution\u2019s board will intervene in time. And it\u2019s quite possible that institutions adopt a single centralised quality assurance policy rather than handle this matter at the level of individual programmes. And it will become even harder to compare similar degree programmes offered by different institutions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cViewing the results of this orientation, I am in favour of introducing institutional accreditation <em>as a complement <\/em>to the existing forms of accreditation,\u201d says Van Engelshoven. To make sure that the members of the assessment committees feel free to maintain a critical perspective and speak their mind, the Minister believes it is important to have other options to fall back on. 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