Toward an integrated model to improve the higher education output in the light of quality management concepts : the case of aastmt

Joint Authors

al-Rawwas, Ahmad D.
al-Shuqayr, Niveen M.

Source

ضمان جودة التعليم العالي : ضمان جودة التعليم العالي : المؤتمر العربي الدولي الثاني المنعقد في الجامعة الخليجية / البحرين خلال الفترة 04-05 / 04 / 2012.

Publisher

الجامعة الخليجية

Publication Date

2012-04-30

Country of Publication

Bahrain

No. of Pages

14

Main Subjects

Educational Sciences

Topics

• Higher education
• Egypt
• Quality assurance

English Abstract

In this study, the reasons for the existence of a gap between the higher education output and the labor market needs and requirements has been examined, by trying to improve the higher education inputs which, in turn, include four main factors: staff members, students, course contents, and the facilities.

An integrated model was designed including 18 main elements in the four factors of inputs in the light of quality management concept.

The existing gap was proved by the information gathered through the exploratory study at hand and the increasing number of the unemployment rate in the Egyptian economy in the last few years was identified.

A case study was done at the Arab Academy for Science, Technology, & Maritime Transport, (Colleges of Management and Technology), in both Alexandria and Cairo branches.

Two questionnaires were developed and used - the first one directed toward the academic staff member opinions about the quality of higher education within the collages and the second aimed to reveal students’ opinions about the quality of higher education in the Colleges of Management and Technology.

The data using questionnaires was further analyzed and comparisons were drawn between the opinions of the staff members and those of the students at the College of Management and Technology, AASTMT, using the analysis of variance (ANOVA) test to reveal if there is a significant difference between the responses of the staff members and students in the three branches.

Also multiple comparisons between the three branches were made using the least square difference method (LSD) to find which branch has the most discrepancies.

The findings of this study showed that the four hypotheses were proved to be positive; this means that there is a significant relationship between the quality of staff members, course content, students and facilities and higher educational output at the College of Management and Technology, AASTMT.

The study discusses the weak points in each branch after analyzing the questionnaires which reflect the opinions of the staff members and students in each branch.

This is done to improve the weak points in each branch.

General recommendations for this particular institution were explained: 18 elements were stated and used to construct the integrated model which is the contribution of this study.

Data Type

Conference Papers

Record ID

BIM-555480

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