Abstract :
We continuously speak about change. And there is no doubt that the world is
changing. After living for 500 years in the shadow of Columbus and his discovery
that the world was round, we have been told that it is now flat. Changes of that
magnitude evidently imply changes in higher education, and these should also mean
that quality assurance processes and procedures should also change. Present time it
is very essential to discuss about some aspects like-How can QA keep its relevance,
and how it can effectively make a difference in the quality of higher education
institutions, their operation, their programs and in general, in the capacity of higher
education to answer to the current and future needs of society, at the local, national
and regional levels. Some of the main social forces that have made the world a
flatter place also have an influence on higher education. The most significant ones
are the growing need for highly skilled and educated workers and the widespread
view of the link between educated manpower and economic development (Gibbons,
1998); the expansion of secondary education systems; increasing links to the
international system, with mobility and outsourcing becoming important factors in
the perceived attractiveness of higher education (Friedman, 2008) and “global
institutional changes linked to the rise of a new model of society: increasing
democratization and human rights and the advent of development planning (Schofer
and Meyer, 2005).
