Academic governance and quality assurance : good practice for NSAIs

This document is a good practice manual for Australian Non Self Accrediting Institutions (NSAis) which provides advice in relation to their governance and management. It uses as a framework the Guidelines for the registration of non self-accrediting higher education institutions and the accreditation of their course/s (relating to National Protocols A and B)(Ministerial Council for Education Employment and Youth Affairs (MCEETYA) 2007). All NSAisare required to have reached a minimum level in these areas to achieve registration as a Higher Education Provider (HEP). Recent audits by the Australian Universities Quality Agency (AUQA) have identified specific areas for improvement which include corporate governance, academic governance, human resources and educational assessment (Winchester, 2009).