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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF QUALITY & RELIABILITY MANAGEMENT
Volume 40, Issue 6, Pages 1518-1539Publisher
EMERALD GROUP PUBLISHING LTD
DOI: 10.1108/IJQRM-06-2022-0167
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Quality performance; Higher education institutions; Dashboard; Quality assurance
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The study aims to define a set of indicators to assess the quality performance of higher education institutions (HEI). Through analyzing the official websites and documentation of 36 selected HEIs, as well as conducting interviews with high managers, a total of 525 indicators were identified. These indicators were classified and grouped to create a dashboard instrument with 56 key performance indicators, providing a holistic view to monitor HEI quality.
PurposeThe paper aims to define a dashboard of indicators to assess the quality performance of higher education institutions (HEI). The instrument is termed SMART-QUAL.Design/methodology/approachTwo sources were used in order to explore potential indicators. In the first step, information disclosed in official websites or institutional documentation of 36 selected HEIs was analyzed. This first step also included in depth structured high managers' interviews. A total of 223 indicators emerged. In a second step, recent specialized literature was revised searching for indicators, capturing additional 302 indicators.FindingsEach one of the 525 total indicators was classified according to some attributes and distributed into 94 intermediate groups. These groups feed a debugging, prioritization and selection process, which ended up in the SMART-QUAL instrument: a set of 56 key performance indicators, which are grouped in 15 standards, and, in turn, classified into the 3 HEI missions. A basic model and an extended model are also proposed.Originality/valueThe paper provides a useful measure of quality performance of HEIs, showing a holistic view to monitor HEI quality from three fundamental missions. This instrument might assist HEI managers for both assessing and benchmarking purposes. The paper ends with recommendations for university managers and public administration authorities.
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