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Título
Internationalization indicators for higher education based on the TOPSIS decision-making method
Palavras-chave
Higher education
Multiple criteria
Decision-making
Autores
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Marcia Cristina Alves dos Anjos Almeida
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Wesley Marcos de AlmeidaPONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DO PARANÁ (PUCPR)
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Edson Pinheiro de LimaUNIVERSIDADE TECNOLÓGICA FEDERAL DO PARANÁ (UTFPR)
Resumo
Introdução
In recent decades, internationalization within higher education has emerged as a distinct field for practice and research. Internationalization has become one of the most powerful forces in action in higher education all over the world. The practical applications and conceptual understandings of internationalization have evolved significantly, and today internationalization is a key issue of concern for higher education institutions (HEI), directly addressing social and curricular matters, institutional quality and prestige, national competitiveness, and a potential for innovation.
Contexto Investigado
Contemporary Universities are international higher education institutions that should give more serious consideration to how their internationalization strategies are managed. The evolution of the internationalization of higher education is complex and multilayered. This study explores the evolution of thinking regarding internationalization among the different groups of interested Universities.
Diagnóstico da Situação-Problema
The internationalization indicators were divided in seven dimensions: international agreements and partnerships; diversity of professors, students, and collaborators; double degree; internationalization at home; academic mobility; research potential; and international visibility.
Intervenção Proposta
This paper proposes a new approach to evaluate the Brazilian universities’ internationalization indicators based on multiple criteria decision-making method. The TOPSIS method evaluated a set of criteria of three institutions: a non-profit HEI, a public HEI and a private HEI.
Resultados Obtidos
The analysis allowed to evaluate the strategies and performance of institutions according to forty-nine internationalization indicators, highlighting the superiority of public HEI for the most indicator. This superiority of the public HEI was repeated in the assessment by dimension, except for the Research Potential dimension, in which the non-profit HEI was ahead.
Contribuição Tecnológica-Social
The results indicate that TOPSIS method is a useful for evaluating and supporting decisions on topical themes in the sphere of education, as performance evaluation and quality management of internationalization indicators.