Quality of Higher Education in Ukraine and Poland: Comparative Aspects

Abstract The articles considers European standards for education quality assessment. The effectiveness of the network of national agencies, in particular ENQA, which includes 40 agencies from 20 countries is described. The European association for quality assurance in education comparing with Ukrainian is described. The ways of introduction of high-quality education in higher educational institutions (hereinafter the HEI) in order to increase the importance of getting education in our state are offered. The key responsibility of the National Agency for Higher Education Quality Assurance (hereinafter the NAHEQA) in Ukraine according to the internal and external evaluation of the quality of higher education institutions is justified. The Law of Ukraine “On Higher Education” and the Law “On Higher Education and Science in Poland” concerning the powers, composition and main tasks of the NAHEQA and the Polish Accreditation Commission (hereinafter the PAC) are analyzed in the comparative aspect. A great attention is paid to the composition of the National Agency for Higher Education Quality Assurance in Ukraine. The criteria for evaluating the programs, subdivisions, and fields of study in Polish higher educational institutions from the highest rating to “no evaluation from 01.11.2011” which are set on the web-portal are described. You should choose the course with the base of all the Polish higher educational institutions. It is estimated that the following indicators such as missions and strategies of the university development and educational standards; teachers qualifications and other people who train students; the interaction with the environment of the socio-economic situation in the learning process; the effectiveness of the internal system of education quality assurance; internationalization of the educational process; accreditation and certificates of institutions, national and international; the infrastructure which is used for implementing learning outcomes, etc during the evaluation of the programs of Polish higher educational institutions are taken into account. The authors of the article give recommendations on ensuring the quality of national higher education as essential for trust in it and European recognition.