American University of Armenia
Diana Manukyan | AUA PR Manager
Office of Communications
40 Marshal Baghramyan Ave. | Yerevan, 0019, Armenia
Tel: +374 60 612 522; Email: [email protected] | www.aua.am
Two-Day National Quality Assurance Conference Held at AUA
YEREVAN, Armenia - From December 4-5, 2014, the American University of
Armenia (AUA) co-hosted Quality Assurance Week with the National Center for
Professional Education Quality Assurance Foundation (ANQA). AUA President
Dr. Armen Der Kiureghian offered a welcome speech to the guests, while
staff and faculty members Catherine Buon, Varduhi Petrosyan, and Sharistan
Melkonian made presentations during the conference.
The aim of Quality Assurance Week was to present and discuss the practice
of institutional accreditation processes, general results, decision-making
approaches, the internationalization and research implementation problems
revealed during the accreditation process, and the transition to program
accreditation process.
Among the speakers at the conference was Ruben Topchyan, ANQA Director,
Wolfgang Harmardt, Vice Rector at Public Administration Academy of RA,
Tigran Mnacakanyan, Associate Professor at Armenian State University of
Economics, and many more.
The first day of the conference focused on the benefits as well as
challenges of the accreditation process. Sharistan Melkonian, Director of
Assessment and Accreditation at AUA, presented on `Lessons Learned through
Institutional Accreditation,' while Varduhi Petrosyan, Associate Dean of
the AUA School of Public Health, presented on the `Internationalization of
Research: Student and Alumni Involvement.'
The second day of the conference highlighted the main approaches of program
accreditation. Among the presenters that day was Dr. Catherine Buon,
Associate Dean for General Education at AUA, who discussed
`Institutionalizing Quality Assurance through the Academic Program
Review Process.'
Workshops were also held throughout the two-day conference in which leading
experts presented mechanisms for effective implementation of
self-evaluation and other elements of the institutional accreditation
process.
Founded in 1991, the American University of Armenia (AUA) is a private,
independent university located in Yerevan, Armenia and affiliated with the
University of California. AUA provides a global education in Armenia and
the region, offering high-quality, graduate and undergraduate studies,
encouraging civic engagement, and promoting public service and democratic
values.
From: Baghdasarian
Diana Manukyan | AUA PR Manager
Office of Communications
40 Marshal Baghramyan Ave. | Yerevan, 0019, Armenia
Tel: +374 60 612 522; Email: [email protected] | www.aua.am
Two-Day National Quality Assurance Conference Held at AUA
YEREVAN, Armenia - From December 4-5, 2014, the American University of
Armenia (AUA) co-hosted Quality Assurance Week with the National Center for
Professional Education Quality Assurance Foundation (ANQA). AUA President
Dr. Armen Der Kiureghian offered a welcome speech to the guests, while
staff and faculty members Catherine Buon, Varduhi Petrosyan, and Sharistan
Melkonian made presentations during the conference.
The aim of Quality Assurance Week was to present and discuss the practice
of institutional accreditation processes, general results, decision-making
approaches, the internationalization and research implementation problems
revealed during the accreditation process, and the transition to program
accreditation process.
Among the speakers at the conference was Ruben Topchyan, ANQA Director,
Wolfgang Harmardt, Vice Rector at Public Administration Academy of RA,
Tigran Mnacakanyan, Associate Professor at Armenian State University of
Economics, and many more.
The first day of the conference focused on the benefits as well as
challenges of the accreditation process. Sharistan Melkonian, Director of
Assessment and Accreditation at AUA, presented on `Lessons Learned through
Institutional Accreditation,' while Varduhi Petrosyan, Associate Dean of
the AUA School of Public Health, presented on the `Internationalization of
Research: Student and Alumni Involvement.'
The second day of the conference highlighted the main approaches of program
accreditation. Among the presenters that day was Dr. Catherine Buon,
Associate Dean for General Education at AUA, who discussed
`Institutionalizing Quality Assurance through the Academic Program
Review Process.'
Workshops were also held throughout the two-day conference in which leading
experts presented mechanisms for effective implementation of
self-evaluation and other elements of the institutional accreditation
process.
Founded in 1991, the American University of Armenia (AUA) is a private,
independent university located in Yerevan, Armenia and affiliated with the
University of California. AUA provides a global education in Armenia and
the region, offering high-quality, graduate and undergraduate studies,
encouraging civic engagement, and promoting public service and democratic
values.
From: Baghdasarian