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Greek higher education accreditation disputes and reforms

Overview

The Hellenic Higher Education Authority (ETHAAE) postponed scheduled on-site evaluations for several undergraduate programs at three non-state universities in Greece. The postponement occurred amid a legal challenge by Panos Lazaratou, a professor at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, who issued an out-of-court notice to ETHAAE contesting the legality of the procedures used to form evaluation committees.

Following these developments, the Greek Ministry of Education proposed an amendment to strengthen the accreditation framework of ETHAAE. The proposed regulation, included in a bill scheduled for parliamentary discussion, seeks to establish uniform rules for the evaluation and accreditation of study programs across all Higher Education Institutions and University Legal Entities. This reform aims to align with European Higher Education Area quality assurance requirements and provides new guidelines for the Register of External Evaluators, an Accreditation Guide, and a Code of Ethics.

Entities

Panos Lazaratou · University of Keele · Georgetown University · Hellenic Higher Education Authority · University of York

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Timeline

  1. [POLITICS] 6 sources
    Greece Ministry of Education proposes unified university accreditation rules

    The Greek Ministry of Education has proposed an amendment to unify the accreditation and evaluation processes for all higher education institutions under the ETHAAE framework.

  2. [POLITICS] 2 sources
    Hellenic Higher Education Authority postpones private university evaluations

    ETHAAE has postponed accreditation visits for four programs at Georgetown, Keele, and York universities in Greece amid legal challenges from professor Panos Lazaratou.

Sources

alfavita.gr · athina984.gr · cnn.gr · emvolos.gr · korinthostv.gr · mononews.gr