Authors:
Kua-Hsin Peng
1
and
Gwo-Hshiung Tzeng
2
Affiliations:
1
Kainan University, Taiwan
;
2
National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan
Keyword(s):
Accreditation, Performance, Improvement Strategy, MCDM (Multiple Criteria Decision Making), DEMATEL, DANP (DEMATEL-based ANP), VIKOR.
Related
Ontology
Subjects/Areas/Topics:
Assessment and Accreditation of Courses and Institutions
;
Computer-Supported Education
;
Social Context and Learning Environments
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 strategi
es 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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