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TOWARDS A CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT: ANALYSIS OF INDICATORS AND RESULTS OF THE DEGREES TAUGHT AT THE HIGHER SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF LA LAGUNA
Universidad de La Laguna, Departamento de Ingeniería Química (SPAIN)
About this paper:
Appears in: ICERI2019 Proceedings
Publication year: 2019
Pages: 7412-7418
ISBN: 978-84-09-14755-7
ISSN: 2340-1095
doi: 10.21125/iceri.2019.1769
Conference name: 12th annual International Conference of Education, Research and Innovation
Dates: 11-13 November, 2019
Location: Seville, Spain
Abstract:
Expectations for better performance in terms of teaching and producing competent college graduates are increasing. The need for continuous quality improvement in higher education is clear. At the University of La Laguna, the main results of the degrees related to academic performance, main indicators, satisfaction of the interest groups and employability are periodically analyzed by those responsible for the centre/title and their quality commissions, monitoring their evolution for continuous improvement.

The Higher School of Engineering and Technology is the organ in charge of the organization of the teaching and the academic, administrative and management processes leading to the obtaining of official titles and validity throughout the national territory that are taught in it and other titles that establishes the current legislation. The degrees that are taught in the School correspond to the field of Computer Engineering and Industrial Engineering. Specifically, the Higher School of the University of La Laguna includes the following degrees:
- Degree in Computer Engineering.
- Degree in Mechanical Engineering.
- Degree in Industrial Chemical Engineering.
- Degree in Industrial Electronics and Automation.

The aim of this work is to compare the different indicators and results of the mentioned degrees in order to analyze the differences between them and to examine the need to propose measures for continuous improvement.
Keywords:
Continuous improvement, higher education, indicators, academic performance.