EVALUATION ON AREA 8: LEADERSHIP, GOVERNANCE AND ADMINISTRATION
10.8 EVALUATION ON AREA 8: LEADERSHIP, GOVERNANCE AND ADMINISTRATION
10.8.1 Governance Evaluation on Benchmarked Standards
Comment on how the HEP ensures that its policies and practices are consistent with its statement of purpose.
Comment on the stability of the HEP’s leadership and its consistency and direction.
Describebrieflytheleadershipstyle(mannerofleadership,interaction with academic staff members, and communication with other HEP’s
• Whataretheleaders’perceptionsofHEP’sstrengthsandtheiragendaof strategic issues, directions, and plans for the future?
• Describe the leadership support for, and commitment to, the HEP’s academic programmes.
• CommentonthegovernancestructuresandfunctionsoftheHEP,and the relationship between them. How are these communicated to all parties involved?
• Comment on the structure and composition of the major institutional committees.
• Commentonthecompositionandtheroleoftheboardofmanagementof the HEP, the Senate and other principal committees of the HEP. Comment on the effectiveness of these committees. How is the effectiveness of these committees evaluated?
• Evaluate the role of academic leaders and their relationship with the HEP’s officials. Evaluate the effectiveness of these relationships and note any problems.
• Appraise the appointment process of the principal committees dealing with student-related matters, and whether there are student representatives in these committees.
• Evaluate the effectiveness and autonomy of the policy-making body of the HEP and comment on any factors relating to clarity of charge, responsibilities, size, representation, and relationship with the academic leadership and management.
• In campuses that are geographically separated, comment on the administrative relationship between the main campus and the branch campuses, including on the quality control mechanisms by the parent provider. Comment also on what mechanisms exist to assure functional integration, and achieve comparability of educational quality and the evaluation of students across various sites of instruction.
• Comment on how student support services (academic and career counselling, financial aid, administration, health service and personal counselling) are provided at the branch campuses. How well does this work?
• Comment on the internal quality assurance system and the unit or department responsible for it. Evaluate its effectiveness.
• Commentonthecommunityengagementactivitiesofthemembersof the HEP. How are such activities recognised?
Evaluation on Enhanced Standards
• Commentonthecomprehensivenessandeffectivenessofthecommittee system in the HEP and how it utilises consultation and feedback for
Comment on how stakeholders are represented in committees in the HEP.
Comment on the role and function of the Chair of the governing board.
Comment on how free is the governing board from undue external pressures.
CommentontheHEP’spolicypertainingtoconflictofinterest.
CommentontheHEP’sparticipationinthesocio-economicactivitiesof the community in which it is located.
10.8.2 Institutional and Academic Leadership Evaluation on Benchmarked Standards
Commentontheselectioncriteria,selectionprocess,jobdescription,and the qualification and experience required of members of the institutional executive management team of the HEP.
Comment on the current leaders of academic programmes and departments in terms of their qualifications, experience and expertise on issues of curriculum design, delivery and review. Comment on the procedures and criteria for their selection, appointment and evaluation.
Commentonthemechanismsandprocessestoallowforcommunication between the HEP leadership and the academic leadership of departments and programmes in matters such as recruitment and training, student admission, and allocation of resources and decision-making processes.
Appraisehowtheperformanceoftheacademicleadershipofdepartments and programmes is evaluated.
Evaluation on Enhanced Standards
Comment on how the HEP leadership and the academic leadership create a conducive environment for innovation and creativity in the institution.
Comment on the policies to strengthen the leadership capabilities of the HEP leadership and the academic leadership. Comment on the programmes that the HEP and academic leadership have undergone for this purpose in the last five years.
10.8.3 Administrative and Management Staff Evaluation on Benchmarked Standards
Evaluatethemechanismsthatareinplacetoensuretheappropriateness and sufficiency of the administrative staff to support the implementation
Dostudentsandtheacademicstaffperceivetheadministrativestaffto
be accessible and able to solve problems? •
Evaluate the mechanisms for training and career advancement for administrative and management staff of the HEP. Evaluate the achievement of the training programme in the last five years.
EvaluatehowtheHEPreviewstheperformanceofitsadministrativeand management staff.
Evaluation on Enhanced Standards
Evaluatetheeffectivenessofthetrainingschemeandhowitfulfilsthe needs of the educational programmes.
10.8.4 Academic Records Evaluation on Benchmarked Standards
Commentonthepoliciesandpracticesonsecurityofacademicrecords.
Evaluate the policy on privacy and confidentiality of records and its implementation.
Evaluation on Enhanced Standards
CommentontheHEP’sreviewofitspoliciesonsecurityofrecordsand safety system, and its effectiveness.
10.8.5 Interaction with External Sectors Evaluation on Benchmarked Standards
Evaluate the mechanisms for cooperation between the HEP and the external sectors, including its external stakeholders.
Evaluation on Enhanced Standards
• EvaluatetheagreementsbetweentheHEPanditsexternalsectors.