Avaliação institucional: um estudo sobre indicadores de gestão e qualidade nas universidades federais

Abstract

Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) play an essential role in contemporary society. In Brazil, many of them are state-owned and, as such, are directly financed by the Brazilian State. The management and budget execution of Brazilian state universities are monitored by the internal control of each HEI, by external control, which is the responsibility of the Legislative Branch with the assistance of the Courts of Auditors, and by social control exercised by citizens. The Federal Court of Auditors (TCU), as an auxiliary of external control, established, through Decision No. 408/2002, nine indicators to evaluate the performance of Federal Universities, focusing on the principles of efficiency, efficacy, effectiveness and economy, in addition to enabling historical monitoring. Based on this context, the objective of this study was to analyze the relationships between the management process and institutional evaluation in federal universities. The research is classified as descriptive, quantitative, bibliographic and documentary. The data analyzed cover the period from 2009 to 2022, of the 68 Federal Universities. The analyses included descriptive statistics, correlation tests, and linear regression. The results confirmed the hypotheses that investments in institutions, evaluation of graduate programs, teacher qualifications, and undergraduate success rates have a positive impact on academic performance and the quality of higher education. Thus, these good practices in management processes are directly associated with better academic performance, reinforcing the importance of institutional governance for the quality of higher education.