Quality Assurance Within HEIs in South-East Asia

Abstract

With the adaption of The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and The Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization (SEAMEO) since the early 1960s, the quality within the higher education institutions (HEIs) has improved locally, regionally, and globally. However, there is still a need to harmonize the HEIs communities who were striving for more dynamic, resilient, sustainable corporations. This chapter aims at exploring quality assurance, culture acceptance, cultural management, and a selection of educational models within Southeast Asia, through critical analysis of current HEIs models while suggesting a theoretical framework based on QA tied to HEIs institutions to explore policies, procedures, scope, funding, and instruments to support strategies within open universities. The benefit of having this additional layer of quality assurance is to give guidance towards policies associated with economic growth towards harmonization of global HEIs. This robustness within the education sector has allowed the quality of export to become more financially appealing.