Institutional Effectiveness In Higher Education

Institutional effectiveness is the systematic and ongoing process of collecting, analyzing and acting on data and information relating to the goals and outcomes developed to support the higher educational institutions mission and purpose. Institutional effectiveness is oriented towards measuring the performance and using those performances to aid in decision-making and improvement. Institutional effectiveness is a cyclical process in which continuous improvements and refinements on goals and methods are planned in a continuous basis. The institutions of higher education in India are in need of infusion of quality and clarity on the approach of building world-class educational institutions in the Indian context and environment. New benchmarks

of India has identified various criteria and parameters that have global appeal e.g. research output, research impact, learning environment, etc. has also considered parameters like infrastructure, facilities for differently-abled persons, percentage of students from other states and other countries; percentage of women students and faculty, and percentage of economically and disadvantaged students. The framework has also given weightage to the sports and extra-curricular facilities available in the campuses of universities, which, supports on overall development of a student in a university/college. The five criteria with overall weightage and their internal parameters with internal weightage are summarised as follows

These parameters with internal weightage is given by :
1. Faculty – Student Ratio – 30 % internal weightage.
2. Faculty with PhD and Experience – 30 % internal weightage.
3. Library and Laboratory Facilities - 30 % % internal weightage.
4. Sports Facilities and Extra-Curricular Activities – 10 % internal weightage.
(ii) Research Productivity, Impact and IPR :
This criteria has 20% overall weightage with three parameters. These parameters with internal weightage is given by :
1. Publications - 45 % internal weightage.
2. Citations - 45 % internal weightage.
3. IPR – 10 % internal weightage.
(iii) Graduation Outcome :
This criteria has 15% overall weightage with two parameters. These parameters with internal weightage is given by :
1. University Exam Performance - 50 % internal weightage.
2. Competitive Examination: - 50 % internal