Abstract

CATUNDA, Arturo Cavalcanti  and  VERHINE, Robert Evan. Explicando a qualidade de cursos superiores de administração a partir de modelos de equações estruturais. Revista da FAAEBA: Educação e Contemporaneidade [online]. 2012, vol.21, n.38, pp.181-197. ISSN 0104-7043.

This article describes an investigation carried out to identify factors determining the quality of higher education programs in Brazil, applying the statistical technique of the Structural Equations Model (SEM). Secondary data were obtained from the Census of Higher Education and ENADE, covering a population of 1,035,765 students and 2939 programs, in the fields of business management and administration in 2006. We also used the statistical technique of Latent Class Analysis, resulting in identification of 11 possible constructs, that produced three models, one for each of the dependent variables: Concept - ENADE; Concept - IDD and General ENADE Results. Of the three models, the one related to Concept - ENADE best explained the dependent variable. The use of the techniques in this research allowed identifying the profile of higher education institutions more closely related to the concept of quality.

Keywords : Higher Education; School Effectiveness; Structural Equations Model.

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