Impact, added value and relevance of an accreditation process on quality assurance in architectural higher education

• Autores: Acevedo De los Ríos, Alejandra, Rondinel Oviedo, Daniel Ricardo
• Formato: artículo
• Fecha de Publicación: 2022
• Institución: Universidad de Lima
• Repositorio: ULIMA-Institucional
• Lenguaje: inglés
• OAI Identifier: oai:repositorio.ulima.edu.pe:20.500.12724/17632
• Enlace del recurso: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12724/17632; https://doi.org/10.1080/13538322.2021.1977482
• Nivel de acceso: acceso abierto
• Materia: Acreditación (Educación); Educación superior; Calidad de la educación; Arquitectura; Accreditation (Education); Higher education; Educational quality; Architecture; https://purl.org/pe-repo/ocde/ford#6.04.08

The study examines the impact, added value and relevance of accreditation as a way of assuring quality at an institution of higher learning in the field of architecture. The qualitative impact of accreditation was examined through a survey presented to students, teachers and employers. A quantitative assessment was carried out by reviewing academic indicators, such as pass rate or weighted average per year, before and after the accreditation processes. The study examined a private institution of higher education in Peru; however, the methodology and results may be relevant to future studies of schools in developing countries with similar characteristics.