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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>0104-7043</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista da FAEEBA: Educação e Contemporaneidade]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Revista da FAAEBA: Educação e Contemporaneidade]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>0104-7043</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Universidade do Estado da Bahia]]></publisher-name>
</publisher>
</journal-meta>
<article-meta>
<article-id>S0104-70432012000200016</article-id>
<title-group>
<article-title xml:lang="pt"><![CDATA[Explicando a qualidade de cursos superiores de administração a partir de modelos de equações estruturais]]></article-title>
</title-group>
<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Catunda]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Arturo Cavalcanti]]></given-names>
</name>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Verhine]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Robert Evan]]></given-names>
</name>
</contrib>
</contrib-group>
<aff id="A16">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidade Federal da Bahia Faculdade de Educação ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Salvador BA]]></addr-line>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2012</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2012</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>21</volume>
<numero>38</numero>
<fpage>181</fpage>
<lpage>197</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://educa.fcc.org.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S0104-70432012000200016&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://educa.fcc.org.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S0104-70432012000200016&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://educa.fcc.org.br/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S0104-70432012000200016&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="pt"><p><![CDATA[Este artigo trata de uma investigação realizada para identificar fatores determinantes da qualidade de cursos da educação superior no Brasil, por meio da aplicação da técnica estatística de Modelo de Equações Estruturais (MEE). Foram utilizados dados secundários obtidos do Censo da Educação Superior e do ENADE, contemplando um universo de 2.939 cursos e 1.035.765 alunos, da área de gerenciamento e administração, do ano de 2006. Também foi utilizada a técnica estatística de Análise de Classe Latente, resultando na identificação de 11 construtos que possibilitaram elaborar três modelos, um para cada uma das variáveis dependentes: ENADE - Conceito; IDD - Conceito; e Resultado Geral no ENADE. Dos três modelos, o relacionado ao ENADE - Conceito foi o que melhor explicou a variável dependente. O uso das técnicas nesta investigação permitiu identificar o perfil de instituição de ensino superior mais relacionado ao conceito de qualidade.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[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.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="pt"><![CDATA[Ensino Superior]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="pt"><![CDATA[Eficácia no Ensino]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="pt"><![CDATA[Modelo de Equações Estruturais]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Higher Education]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[School Effectiveness]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Structural Equations Model]]></kwd>
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</front><body><![CDATA[  <font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <h2>Explicando a qualidade de cursos superiores de  administra&ccedil;&atilde;o a partir de modelos de equa&ccedil;&otilde;es estruturais.</h2> <h3>Explaining the quality  of higher education programs of administrations using structural equations  model.</h3>     <p>&nbsp;</p> <h4>Arturo Cavalcanti Catunda, Robert Evan Verhine    <br> </h4> </font>      ]]></body>
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