Vacancy of independent institutions and peer review; Solutions for a real improvement of the higher education system Ali Khorasandi, head of the Higher Education Research and Planning Institute in Iran, wrote: Using single and identical models to evaluate all technical, research and educational universities ignores the difference in their tasks and hinders real development. In many successful global systems, the most trusted accreditation bodies are independent and non-governmental, and peer review is used as the most accepted method of assessment. Verification becomes a tool for development when it is accompanied by the professional independence of the evaluating institutions, the culture of quality and the adaptation of the criteria to the mission of each university. The full text is here.

Vacancy of independent institutions and peer review; Solutions for a real improvement of the higher education system Ali Khorasandi, head of the Higher Education Research and Planning Institute in Iran, wrote: Using single and identical models to evaluate all technical, research and educational universities ignores the difference in their tasks and hinders real development. In many successful global systems, the most trusted accreditation bodies are independent and non-governmental, and peer review is used as the most accepted method of assessment. Verification becomes a tool for development when it is accompanied by the professional independence of the evaluating institutions, the culture of quality and the adaptation of the criteria to the mission of each university. The full text is here.