Renewal of higher education in Slovenia with special attention to quality

Abstract

The paper describes some historical characteristics of Slovenian higher education and the new endeavour to establish a higher education system that will be comparable with other European systems. Special attention is devoted to the care of quality in Slovenian higher education. A draft plan for introducing gradually a system of quality assurance was worked out drawing on foreign experience but adapted to national circumstances and particularities. Higher education in Slovenia comprises two universities, the University of Ljubljana and the University of Maribor, and some free-standing higher education institutions. In such a small higher education system one must introduce flexible and relatively easily feasible quality assurance mechanisms. Evaluation will be reached by research and development from the beginning. It will include development of evaluation methodology, procedures and follow-up the institutional effects of quality assurance.