The Role of the Quality Assurance System Implemented to Improve the Performance of Human Resources in Higher Education Institutions: A Study of the Views of a Sample of Professors in the Colleges in the Province of Basra

The research aims at revealing the role of the quality assurance system in improving the performance of the university human resources, as well as identifying the major obstacles to the implementation of the quality assurance system in the Iraqi higher education environment. The research has used descriptive analytical statistical method, in addition to the deductive approach theoretically, and the quantitative approach is adopted for the statistical analysis. The study has selected a sample of university professors in Basra . The research has adopted some statistical methods that fit the nature of the analysis. The study has reached a set of conclusions and recommendations : there is a gap between the theoretical possibilities of the system of quality assurance and the possibilities of practical application, noting that there is a clear discrepancy between the study sample in this subject.