The accreditation of the Library and Information Program at the University of Menoufia: problems and difficulties

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Libraries and Information Department - Faculty of Arts - Menofia University - Egypt

Abstract

The study aimed to identify the problems and difficulties that the Libraries
and Information Department faced when applying the standards, indicators,
elements and characteristics of the evaluation and accreditation guide for the
educational program in higher education institutions and Al-Azhar through the
experience of accrediting the Library and Information Program at the University of
Menoufia.
The study identified problems at the level of five main axes focused The
first axis focused on problems from a formal point of view, while the second axis
dealt with coding at the level of standards, while the third axis represented the
absence of forms for questionnaires required for accreditation, while the fourth
axis devoted to problems at the level of procedures, and finally the fifth axis
addressed problems at the level of relationships between standards, The
researcher used the Descriptive Analytical Methodology, as the researcher
analyzed the actual content of the actual application of the evaluation and
accreditation guide for the educational program in higher education institutions
and Al-Azhar through the experience of accrediting the library and information
program at the University of Menoufia , The study reached to identify those
problems in the above five axes, the most important of which are the presence of
indicators, elements and characteristics in other than their correct locations, the
recurrence of coding at the level of the first three criteria under each of the
program management axis and the axis of educational effectiveness, the
absence of models of questionnaires required to meet the criteria , The guide
does not include flowcharts in which the starting point and the end point are
specified to meet the standard, the absence of a model procedural guide that
clarifies the steps of work within the standard and one of the most important
recommendations of the study is the preparation of a model procedural guide by
the National Authority to ensure the quality of education and accreditation
clarifies the method of work within Evaluation and accreditation guide for the  educational program in higher education institutions and Al-Azhar, preparing a
new edition of the "evaluation and accreditation guide for the educational
program in higher education and Al-Azhar institutions taking into account the
following: Non-repetition of coding at the level of the first three criteria under both
the program management axis and the educational effectiveness axis and to
include The new version of the guide provides flow charts that define a point The
start and the end point to meet the standard



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