TY - JOUR TT - QUALITY IN HIGHER EDUCATION AU - Zakota, Zoltan AU - Izsak, Hajnalka AU - Nemeth, İstvan Peter PY - 2017 DA - August JF - The Eurasia Proceedings of Educational and Social Sciences JO - EPESS PB - ISRES Publishing WT - DergiPark SN - 2587-1730 SP - 216 EP - 220 VL - 7 KW - Higher education KW - quality of education KW - accreditation N2 - Quality, understood both as a standard of something asmeasured against other things of a similar kind or the degree of excellence ofsomething, or even as a distinctive attribute or characteristic possessed bysomeone or something is one of the key concepts used in evaluating any productor service. Nowadays, quality became a notion almost as important as profit ormarket share. In the last decades, it became one of the key factors even in theprocess of evaluating educational institutions, and, among them those in thefield of higher education. In our paper we intend to present the actual interpretationsof our key notion and how it can be applied in the field of higher education.We also want to present the main techniques that can be used in the qualitymanagement of those institutions, with special regard to the European Union.And, last but not least, we want to show some potential trends in the field ofquality management. CR - European Commission - High Level Group on the Modernisation of Higher Education. (2013). Report to the European Commission on improving the quality of teaching and learning in Europe's higher education institutions. Retrieved 03 12, 2017, from http://bookshop.europa.eu/en/high-level-group-on-the-modernisation-of-higher-education-pbNC0113156/ European Commission. (2012, 11 20). COMMUNICATION FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT, THE COUNCIL, THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE AND THE COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS - Rethinking Education:Investing in skills for better socio-economic outcomes COM(2012) 669 final. Retrieved 06 30, 2017, from https://ec.europa.eu/digital-single-market/en/news/communication-rethinking-education European Parliament and Council. (2006). Recommendation of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 February 2006 on further European cooperation in quality assurance in higher education (2006/143/EC). Retrieved 03 12, 2017, from http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?qid=1390377086277&uri=CELEX:32006H0143 ISO. (2015). ISO 9000:2015(en). Retrieved 06 30, 2017, from https://www.iso.org/obp/ui/#iso:std:iso:9000:ed-4:v1:en UR - https://dergipark.org.tr/en/pub/epess/issue//337292 L1 - https://dergipark.org.tr/en/download/article-file/339780 ER -