CRITERIA FOR ASSESSING THE QUALITY AND ACCESSIBILITY OF HIGHER EDUCATION: A CONCEPTUAL ANALYSIS
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Jun 11, 2025
Abstract
The article analyzes the concept and criteria for assessing the quality and accessibility of education. The author notes that specific criteria that can be investigated empirically or on the basis of statistical data are key indicators of the effectiveness of educational systems. The author considers the main scientific approaches to determining the quality and accessibility of education. This article establishes that the quality of education is a multidimensional concept that encompasses not only academic indicators, but also social and economic aspects. The author analyzes the concept of accessibility of education. The study identifies the relationship between the quality and accessibility of education and analyzes the existing debatable approaches to the possibility of combining them. The novelty of the article lies in the author's own approach to the formulation of the concepts of «quality of education» and «accessibility of education» and the identification of their criteria. The research methodology is based on comparative analysis, logical and legal method and systematic approach. The results of the study allow to form a comprehensive view of modern methods of evaluating educational services and their practical application.
How to Cite
Ryzhuk, Y. (2025). CRITERIA FOR ASSESSING THE QUALITY AND ACCESSIBILITY OF HIGHER EDUCATION: A CONCEPTUAL ANALYSIS. Baltic Journal of Legal and Social Sciences, (2), 95-103. https://doi.org/10.30525/2592-8813-2025-2-12
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Keywords
quality of education, accessibility of education, higher education institutions, criteria of quality of education, criteria of accessibility of education, higher education
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4. Babyn, I. (2011). Zabezpechennia iakosti vyshchoi osvity: yevropeiskyi, natsionalnyi ta instytutsiinyi rivni (Ensuring the quality of higher education: European, national and institutional levels). Nauka i osvita, 1, 7–14 (in Ukrainian).
5. Batechko, N. (2017). Fenomen yakosti osvity v suchasnomu naukovomu dyskursi (The Phenomenon of Education Quality in Contemporary Scientific Discourse), Osvitolohichnyi dyskurs, 3-4, 1–16 (in Ukrainian).
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11. Hrekul-Kovalyk, T. A, Donchenko, O. P. (2022). Dostup i dostupnist do yurydychnoi osvity: pytannia spivvidnoshennia ta vzaiemozviazku (Access and affordability of legal education: issues of correlation and interrelation). Naukovyi visnyk Mizhnarodnoho humanitarnoho universytetu. Ser.: Yurysprudentsiia, 56, 12–15 (in Ukrainian).
12. Klimova, H. (2016). Interpretatsiia poniattia «iakist vyshchoi osvity»: sotsioloho-FILOSOFSKA refleksiia (Interpretation of the concept of «quality of higher education»: a sociological and philosophical reflection). Visnyk Natsionalnoho universytetu «Iurydychna akademiia Ukrainy imeni Yaroslava Mudroho», 3 (30), 34–43 (in Ukrainian).
13. Kulchytska, A. V. (2014). Yakist osvity ta yii otsinka v konteksti yevropeiskoi ta mizhnarodnoi intehratsii (Quality of education and its evaluation in the context of European and international integration). Naukovyi visnyk Uzhhorodskoho natsionalnoho universytetu, 1, 139–144 (in Ukrainian).
14. Lopushnyak, G. S., Rybchanska, H. V. (2018) Vyshcha osvita Ukrainy: derzhavne rehuliuvannia ta perspektyvy rozvytku : monohrafiia [Higher education of Ukraine: state regulation and development prospects: monograph.] Lviv: Liga Press, 283 (in Ukrainian).
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16. Medvedovska, D. (2016). Osnovni kryterii yakosti vyshchoi osvity: dosvid Velykoi Brytanii (The Main Standards of Higher Education Quality: the Experience of Great Britain). Pedahohichni nauky: teoriia, istoriia, innovatsiini tekhnolohii, 1, 48–55 (in Ukrainian).
17. Prodan, A., Maxim, E., Manolescu, I., Arustei, C., Guta, A. (2015). Access to higher education: influences and possible implications. Procedia Economics and Finance, 535–543.
18. Sá, С., Florax, R, та Rietveld, P. (2004). Does Accessibility to Higher Education Matter? Tinbergen Institute Discussion Paper, TI 2004-061/3. Retrieved from https://www.researchgate.net/publication/228391062_Does_Accessibility_to_Higher_Education_Matter
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25. Zelnytskyi, A., Zabolotnyi, O. (2020). Yakist vyshchoi viiskovoi osvity v konteksti zmin u zakonodavstvi ukrainy (Quality of higher military education in the context of changes in the legislation of Ukraine), Viiskova osvita, 1(41), 147–162 (in Ukrainian).
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