The Pursuit of Quality Assurance of Higher Education without Boundary:20 Years Implementation of APQN
In 2003,the Asia Pacific Quality Network(APQN)was established in Hong Kong,China.During the past 20 years,APQN has been continuously striving for the goal of"Dissolving Boundaries for a Quality Region".Focusing on the goal,this paper tries to describe the concept origin of APQN"Dissolving Boundaries for a Quality Region",APQN's 20-year historical development,and the achievements for a quality region.It includes 6 aspects:serving the huge QA community without boundary,cooperating with QA organizations without boundary,focusing on 19 QA themes without boundary,conducting over 50 QA projects without boundary,implementing 14 QA actions without boundary under the COVID,publishing over 50 QA books or tools without boundary."Quality Region without Boundary"represents the evidence for the potential of quality assurance in education for the whole globe,especially for the Asia-Pacific Region by a provable reality and compelling.
The Asia Pacific Quality Network(APQN)Higher educationQuality regionDissolving QA boundaries