The impact of the Apostolic constitution ‘Veritatis gaudium’ on the concept of Quality in ecclesiastical higher education Institutions

Riccardo Cinquegrani


Pontificia Università Gregoriana, Rzym, Włochy Avepro, Watykan (Poland)

Abstract

The paper analyzes the impact on the concept of Quality attributable to the innovations introduced by the Apostolic constitution Veritatis gaudium. The document offers not only operational indications but outlines the objectives that the academic community is invited to take up.
Three distinct levels of challenges are highlighted: the role of academic institutions and the need to innovate learning systems; the relationship between higher education centres and the whole society; interdisciplinarity and multidisciplinarity as levers to support knowledge. The article concludes with an invitation to reflect on how to initiate the profound reform process to which higher education institutions are called by Veritatis Gaudium.


Keywords:

Veritatis gaudium, zapewnianie jakości, interdyscyplinarność, tworzenie sieci

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2020-11-20

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Cinquegrani, R. . (2020). The impact of the Apostolic constitution ‘Veritatis gaudium’ on the concept of Quality in ecclesiastical higher education Institutions. Warsaw Theological Studies, 33(1), 154–163. https://doi.org/10.30439/WST.2020.1.8

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Riccardo Cinquegrani 

Pontificia Università Gregoriana, Rzym, Włochy Avepro, Watykan Poland

Dr Riccardo Cinquegrani – od marca 2010 r. jest dyrektorem Agencji ds. Oceny i Promocji Jakości na uniwersytetach i wydziałach kościelnych (AVEPRO) przy Stolicy Apostolskiej. Jest również wykładowcą na Wydziale Nauk Społecznych Pontificia Università Gregoriana. Ukończył z wyróżnieniem Politologię na Uniwersytecie we Florencji (1996), uzyskał tytuł magistra stosunków międzynarodowych na Uniwersytecie w Bolonii (1998), tytuł magistra nauk europejskich na Uniwersytecie we Florencji (1999) i otrzymał tytuł doktora Pontificia Università Gregoriana w 2002 roku. Współpracował z kilkoma instytutami badawczymi i uniwersytetami (VTT Finland, Seoul University, Bocconi University) i jest autorem różnych artykułów i publikacji naukowych z zakresu szkolnictwa wyższego i jakości, trzeciej misji uniwersytetów i rozwoju lokalnego, prognozowania regionalnego i tworzenia scenariuszy.



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