Information systems as a component part of tertiary education quality assurance

摘要

Quality of higher education has been considered as the basic priority of higher education development during last several decades in many countries of the world. Main principles of quality assurance were formulated in an official document known as European Standards and Guidelines (ESG). According to them information and information systems are two of the key components creating and supporting quality of each higher education institution. The paper explains importance of information with regard to different groups of stakeholders and at the same time it points out the issue of information systems with regard to the way in which people use the information. The key attention is paid to the presentation of a research focused on the use of information and information systems in higher education institutions in Slovakia and in a broader scope of European institutions, to support and enhance quality assurance processes. The paper presents also other activities which should implement the European quality assurance strategies also in the Central Asia.