Measures of Satisfaction from the Implementation of Quality Standards in Higher Education Institutions of Saudi Arabia

Background: The purpose of this papers was investigate into the satisfaction from implementation of quality standards in higher education institutions of Saudi Arabia. Quality is the key factor in achieving accreditation. Researchers believe that implementation of quality standards is closely related with the satisfaction of the students and thus quality standards in higher education institutions indirectly plays a pivotal role to improve the outcomes of the universities. Method: Hermeneutics, discourse and heuristic were employed for data analysis with the help computer based qualitative package ATLAS.ti. Findings: The findings shows that there was a satisfaction about the implementing of quality standards in higher education of Saudi Arabia in the large universities, however, on the other hand, the also identified that findings the main reasons of dissatisfaction with implementation of quality standards in some small universities. Conclusion: The study concludes that implementation of quality standards is yet to be dome due to slow pace and they are just in papers and yet until now they have not been put into effect in reality. Keywords: Quality Standards, Quality Assurance, Quality Implementation, Students Satisfaction, Higher Education Institutions (HEIs), Saudi Arabia. DOI: 10.7176/DCS/9-9-03 Publication date:September 30th 201