26 März A mile wide – An inch deep? Institutionalisierte Ansätze und Strukturen von Evaluierung an der Hochschule Campus Wien (ePaper)
Ein Beitrag aus QiW 2026|1
Abstract:
With more than 9,000 students, the University of Applied Sciences Campus Vienna (HCW) is Austria’s largest university of applied sciences. Offering more than 60 degree programmes and numerous courses and continuing education programmes, it provides a comprehensive range of tertiary education. Due to the heterogeneous range of services, a grid of institutionalised evaluation (evaluation matrix) is to be created and contrasted using the example of HCW, based on three core pillars of institutional responsibility and the range of services offered.
Different formats of evaluation are necessary in order to identify or measure different subject areas, agendas, needs, etc. In a best case scenario, the different evaluation approaches should contribute to supporting the institutional development and learning of the organisation. In view of this, the aim of this article is also to show how the circle of individual evaluation approaches can be opened up to institutional learning, and how this can also be used to control the qualitative growth (and subsequently quantitative growth) of a university. In addition to strategy and evaluation methodologies, this requires mindsets that not only implement the evaluation formats well (in the sense of quality assurance), but also a comprehensive process that enables, among other things, the further development of the persons entrusted with evaluation (i.e. capacity building).
The article therefore begins by providing an overview of different evaluation approaches in organisation, teaching and research. Building on this, it addresses the question of how evaluation can be effectively embedded in an institution or organisation in order to ultimately support university management and institutional development in an effective and goal-oriented manner. A further question is to what extent theoretical growth models can be used for institutional development.
