Quality of Study Programmes or Quality of Education

A philosophy glossary says that quality is an attribute or a property. According our common sense, usually we speak about better or worth quality. In both cases, the quality depends on either subjective feelings or objective facts and on the criteria being applied to. We discuss in this paper the term “quality of education” and critically compare different definitions of this specific term. We consider education as a universal public good, entity, determined quality in the philosophical sense. However, the term “quality of education” suppose comparison and assessment or measurement of value and management of quality. Often the quality of study programmes is in use instead of that. Then the theory of total quality management helps to improve quality. Known that assurance is its important part.

Authors and Affiliations

1. MADI, Lenigradskiy Prosp 64, 125319, Moscow, Russian Federation

   Alexander Solovyev, Larisa Petrova, Viacheslav Prikhodko & Ekaterina Makarenko

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Correspondence to Alexander Solovyev .

Editors and Affiliations

1. Carinthia University of Applied Sciences, Villach, Austria

   Michael E. Auer

2. International E-Learning Association and Kaleidoscope Learning, New York, New York, USA

   David Guralnick

3. Ulster University, Belfast, Ireland

   James Uhomoibhi

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