Abstract
Educational institutes are valuable assets of any nation. Education in general and higher education (HE) in particular is very important for socioeconomic growth of a country. Higher Education has different dimensions; it supplies human recourses, enhances scientific and technological advancement, provide new opportunities for research and development. Quality is an essentially required element at tertiary level educational institutions all over the world to promote excellence and bring the best practices. Universities have become more competitive and students and parents are in less compromising mood. They evaluate universities from different perspectives like fee structure, faculty, infrastructure and environment etc. The increasing demand of the stake holders has posed further challenges for the institutions to bring changes in the program designs, curricula, and adopt best practices available in that domain. This study attempts to evaluate the contribution of internal management policies to the higher education excellence. The study is cross-sectional and quantitative in nature. A structured survey is conducted to capture the perception of faculty and students' perception studying at post-graduate and PhD levels at Karachi. This survey has been considered as a quality lens through which effects of quality management has been analyzed. The data is collected by using quota sampling from private sector universities only, owing to the varied nature of internal management of these universities. The measurement tool is based on five-point Likert scale and comprises of two major subscales; quality management activities (QMA) and attention to quality aspects (AQA) taken as independent scales; whereas higher education excellence (HE) is considered as dependent variable. The data are coded and analyzed through SPSS software. It is concluded that overall perception of teachers and students for internal quality management and its contribution towards higher education excellence is positive. However, this varies among students and faculty while a variation is also found among various universities considered under this study.
Highlights
1.1 Background of the StudyEducational Institutes are valuable assets of any nation
Only well educated societies can flourish who can adjust with the rapid higher education (HE) has different dimensions; it supplies human recourses, enhance scientific and technological advancement, provide new opportunities for research and development changes in science and technology and that is only possible when our universities adapt new educational techniques and update curriculum to offer the courses blended with research
The data analysis and findings provide insight and we can conclude that overall perception of teachers and students for internal quality management and its contribution towards Higher Education Excellence is positive towards perceived improvement
Summary
Educational Institutes are valuable assets of any nation. They transform minds of youth by teaching learning and research activities (Maria et al 2010). Private universities have got space to share burden of government in terms of funds allocated for educational advancement in the country and create competitive environment and new opportunities for development of education in the country Despite all these efforts, the overall scenario of higher education in our country does not match with the global quality standards. Universities have become more competitive and students and parents are in less compromising mood; they evaluate universities from different perspectives like fee structure, quality and qualification of faculty, infrastructure support, congeniality of learning environment and location of campus etc This leads to the challenge faced by the institutions, as the increasing demand of stakeholders has forced the institutions to bring changes in the programs and curricula (Longanecker, 1995). Internal quality can be defined as removal of all forms of waste; financial, physical, or human resources and bring efficiency in the overall system to achieve the set goals towards mission and vision of the institutions by satisfying all stake holders and creating value for the society
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