Evaluation
Assessment of courses, programs, or institutions is generally referred to as evaluation. Evaluation activities examine the quality of courses, programs, and institutions and consider “fitness of purpose” for the programs as well as the programs’ “fitness for purpose.”
(Tuning Educational Structures in Europe: Universities' Contribution to the Bologna Process - An introduction, http://www.unideusto.org/tuningeu/images/stories/Publications/ENGLISH_BROCHURE_FOR_WEBSITE.pdf – see the Glossary section)
‘Fitness of purpose’ “means determining whether the aims of the program are suitable or not.” ‘Fitness for purpose,’ “often used in quality assurance activities, means determining whether the academic strategies are suitable for achieving the declared aims of a program. . . . In the Tuning view, to develop true quality, ‘fitness for purpose' has meaning only when the fitness of purpose itself is thoroughly established and demonstrated. Guaranteeing ‘fitness of purpose’ requires a strong connection with research and academic standards as well as a consideration of employability which is only implicit in the ‘fitness for purpose’ definition.”
(http://www.unideusto.org/tuningeu/quality-enhancement.html)
(Tuning Educational Structures in Europe: Universities' Contribution to the Bologna Process - An introduction, http://www.unideusto.org/tuningeu/images/stories/Publications/ENGLISH_BROCHURE_FOR_WEBSITE.pdf – see the Glossary section)
‘Fitness of purpose’ “means determining whether the aims of the program are suitable or not.” ‘Fitness for purpose,’ “often used in quality assurance activities, means determining whether the academic strategies are suitable for achieving the declared aims of a program. . . . In the Tuning view, to develop true quality, ‘fitness for purpose' has meaning only when the fitness of purpose itself is thoroughly established and demonstrated. Guaranteeing ‘fitness of purpose’ requires a strong connection with research and academic standards as well as a consideration of employability which is only implicit in the ‘fitness for purpose’ definition.”
(http://www.unideusto.org/tuningeu/quality-enhancement.html)