The New Stakeholder in Quality Assurance of Turkish Higher Education: Students' Quality Societies

One of the fundamental values in quality assurance (QA) processes in higher education is stakeholder participation. Within the scope of the Bologna Process, the Declaration of the Conference of Ministers Responsible for Higher Education, held in Berlin in 2003, declared students full partners in higher education administration and emphasized that the active participation of students was essential for the long-term success of the process. The Declaration called on institutions and students to explore various methods to ensure student participation in decision-making processes. One such method is for students to engage in quality assurance activities through students' societies (clubs) in higher education institutions. Students' societies are structures commonly found in Turkish higher education system. These societies operate based on the principles set by the higher education institution and aim to support the social, cultural, and academic development of students. One such student's societies is the students' quality societies (SQS), which have gained attention in recent years due to their activities and contributions. This study aims to examine examples of activities conducted by SQS at universities in T & uuml;rkiye and assess their accessibility and effectiveness. The data were obtained from the guidelines of SQS and the posts shared by 125 SQS with accounts on Instagram, a social media platform. The analysis revealed that SQS aim to spread the culture of QA among students. In this context, it was determined that, in addition to information meetings, training sessions, workshops, and seminars related to QA in higher education, they also included socio-cultural activities.

Dergi

YUKSEKOGRETIM DERGISI

Yıl

2025

Cilt

15

ISSN

2146-796X

eISSN

2146-7978

DOI

10.53478/yuksekogretim.1537048

WoS UID

WOS:001556599600001