V posobii predstavlen modul'nyy element, soderzhashchiy znaniya o mezhdunarodnykh sistemakh kachestva TQM (Total Quality Management), ISO, EFQM (European Foundation for Quality Management) i (PISA) i ikh otlichitel'nykh osobennostyakh. Dana kharakteristika kachestva obrazovaniya s tochki zreniya tsivilizatsionnogo i kul'turologicheskogo podkhodov. Predstavleny pokazateli kachestva podgotovki spetsialistov s vysshim obrazovaniem i mezhdunarodnye protsedury otsenki kachestva v ikh primenenii k obrazovatel'nomu protsessu v evropeyskikh stranakh i v SShA. Modul' yavlyaetsya, naryadu s drugimi, sostavnoy chast'yu variativnogo modulya Menedzhment kachestva v obrazovatel'nom uchrezhdenii i rasschitan na primenenie vo vtoroy faze Professional'naya perepodgotovka integrativnoy modeli obucheniya obrazovatel'nykh menedzherov.