Is employer engagement effective in external quality  assurance of higher education? A paradigm shift or QA  disruption from quality assurance perspectives in Asia

Chi Hou, Angela Yung; Hill, Christopher; Justiniano, Dewin; Yu Lin, Arianna Fang; Tasi,  Sandy

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Is employer engagement effective in external quality assurance of higher education? A paradigm shift or QA disruption from quality assurance perspectives in Asia

Date

2022-01-07

Authors

Publisher

Springer

Abstract

Due to global attention on student employability, employers are expected to be involved in institutional governance in higher education and quality assurance (QA). Due to the dif f iculties in recruiting motivated employers to participate in external QA governance and process, this has become a challenging issue in many Asian nations. The paper aims to explore employer legitimacy in Asian national higher education regulations and EQA sys tem according to a four-dimensional diagram of institutional governance model. There are two major findings. First, Asian governments developed QA policies with a focus on employer engagement but the emerging practice is still ineffective. Second, approaches of employer engagement in QA governance vary context to context, such as HK and Malaysia in the excellence mode; Taiwan, Indonesia, Australia, New Zealand belong to advanced type; and China, Thailand, and Vietnam fall in the intermediate category.

Keywords

Employer engagement · Higher education · Quality assurance

Citation

Hou, A.Y.C. et al. (2022) “Is employer engagement effective in external quality assurance of higher education? A paradigm shift or QA disruption from quality assurance perspectives in Asia,” Higher Education : The International Journal of Higher Education Research, 84(5), pp. 935–954.