EVALUATION OF GRADUATE MANAGEMENT FROM UFCA UNDERGRADUATE COURSES
University management. Institutional Evaluation. Graduates Management. Graduates. UFCA.
This dissertation evaluates the process of managing graduates from undergraduate courses at UFCA, focusing on actions in the dimensions of structuring, relationship and repercussions. In order to meet the general objective, the specific objectives were: to present the university's graduate management and its processes; to assess the degree of importance attributed to actions and strategies from the point of view of academic managers; to identify obstacles and suggestions for an effective graduate management process in the perception of academic managers; and propose strategic actions to improve graduate management. It presentes discussion and theoretical and empirical grounding with perspectives on public policies forthe importance of graduate management for the quality of higher education. Methodologically, the research is characterized as evaluative and descriptive taking a qualitative-quantitative analytical approach. The research strategy adopted was case study as its research strategy and uses documentary research, interviews with the managers of the Pro- Rectory of Undergraduate Studies and a survey of course coordinators. questionnaires to the coordinators of undergraduate courses at the university under investigation. Based on the research carried out, it was evaluated that although important actions are developed for graduates of undergraduate courses at UFCA, the university's management of graduates, based on the aforementioned dimensions, has not been fully effective in the pursuit of academic excellence. The actions taken do not cover all the strategic and have not yet had the expected impact, revealing that they need to be better articulated, disseminated and consolidated. Therefore, this research recommends strategic actions to improve graduate management.