Performance-Based Research Funding (PBRF) Traditionally, government research funding at postsecondary institutions has been distributed based on enrollments of equivalent full-time students. This system is currently being phased out in favor of performance-based funding, similar to Britain’s Research Assessment Exercise, through an evaluation and funding system…
Undergraduate Survey Conducted by a private research firm in conjunction with the National Union of Israeli Students, and now in its second year, a poll published in a pamphlet for prospective students attempts to gauge which schools provide the best atmosphere, academic and otherwise, for…
Korean Council for University Education (KCUE) An assessment and ranking of universities was carried out by the Korean Council for University Education, an umbrella group for Korean four-year universities, and published by the Ministry of Education and Human Resources in 2005. The report and rankings…
By Jagannath Patil, Deputy Adviser, National Assessment and Accreditation Council The National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC), India’s premier higher education quality assurance agency, today stands at a crossroads after 11 years assessing quality standards in Indian higher education. As an autonomous body established by…
By Mariam Assefa, Executive Director, WES, and Robert Sedgwick, Editor, WENR I. Introduction Since the signing of the Bologna Declaration in 1999, Europe has gradually been moving toward a two-tiered system of higher education based on separate bachelor’s and master’s degrees. Countries that have the…