STRATEGIES FOR IMPROVING ACCREDITATION PERFORMANCE IN HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTION

Kua-Hsin Peng, Gwo-Hshiung Tzeng

2012

Abstract

Numerous studies has focused on exploring input and output indicators of accreditation system; assessment quality assurance and accreditation of higher education; reviewing the status of quality assurance and accreditation system within higher education. However, few studies have explored strategies for improving institutional accreditation performance in higher education, and preventing decision makers from obtaining valuable cues for making accurate decisions to improve institutional accreditation performance to increase the logical thinking, reasoning ability and work competitiveness of graduate students. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to explore strategies for improving institutional accreditation performance using a new hybrid MCDM model combined with DANP (DEMATEL-based ANP). An empirical case was to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed model for evaluating institutional accreditation performance to identify institutional performance gaps and explore strategies for improving accreditation based on the influential relation map. Decision makers should increase the priority of the cause criteria in advance, to successfully improve institutional accreditation performance to achieve the aspiration levels and increase competiveness of students.

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Peng K. and Tzeng G. (2012). STRATEGIES FOR IMPROVING ACCREDITATION PERFORMANCE IN HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTION . In Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Computer Supported Education - Volume 2: CSEDU, ISBN 978-989-8565-07-5, pages 211-221. DOI: 10.5220/0003900902110221


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Peng K. and Tzeng G. (2012). STRATEGIES FOR IMPROVING ACCREDITATION PERFORMANCE IN HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTION . In Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Computer Supported Education - Volume 2: CSEDU, ISBN 978-989-8565-07-5, pages 211-221. DOI: 10.5220/0003900902110221


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@conference{csedu12,
author={Kua-Hsin Peng and Gwo-Hshiung Tzeng},
title={STRATEGIES FOR IMPROVING ACCREDITATION PERFORMANCE IN HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTION},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Computer Supported Education - Volume 2: CSEDU,},
year={2012},
pages={211-221},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0003900902110221},
isbn={978-989-8565-07-5},
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@conference{csedu12,
author={Kua-Hsin Peng and Gwo-Hshiung Tzeng},
title={STRATEGIES FOR IMPROVING ACCREDITATION PERFORMANCE IN HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTION},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Computer Supported Education - Volume 2: CSEDU,},
year={2012},
pages={211-221},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0003900902110221},
isbn={978-989-8565-07-5},
}


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JO - Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Computer Supported Education - Volume 2: CSEDU,
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TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Computer Supported Education - Volume 2: CSEDU,
TI - STRATEGIES FOR IMPROVING ACCREDITATION PERFORMANCE IN HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTION
SN - 978-989-8565-07-5
AU - Peng K.
AU - Tzeng G.
PY - 2012
SP - 211
EP - 221
DO - 10.5220/0003900902110221