The Correlation between Internal Quality Assurance and the Formation of Quality Culture in Vietnam Higher Education: A Case Study in Ho Chi Minh City
Implementing internal quality assurance activities is an indispensable condition to form a quality culture in higher education institutions in Vietnam.
- Pub. date: April 15, 2020
- Pages: 499-509
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Implementing internal quality assurance activities is an indispensable condition to form a quality culture in higher education institutions in Vietnam which contributing to a fundamental and comprehensive renovation of Vietnamese higher education. The purpose of this research was to assess the correlation of internal quality assurance on the formation of quality culture through the types of higher education institution in Vietnam. A group of 222 teachers from 8 higher education institutions (4 public higher education institutions and 4 private higher education institutions) in Ho Chi Minh city participated in the survey. The questionnaire included three groups which are internal quality assurance activities, awareness of individuals, and organizational culture. The results showed that the correlation between internal quality assurance and the formation of quality culture is difference between two types of higher education institutions, in which with autonomy in higher education institution administration, the level of application of guaranteed the internal quality assurance activities is associated with quality culture developing in private higher education institutions higher than public higher education institutions.
Keywords: internal quality assurance, quality culture, multivariate analysis of covariance (MANCOVA)
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