Question

List out 20 approach to evaluate performance of college

Answer 1

College performance's approaches are refinements/ enhancements/ fine-tuning of the parameters on which a college's performance is assessed. Common public paramteres are :

1. Age of institute (legacy and alumnus social relevance),
2. No. of departments (variety to choose from),
3. No. of specializations (depth to choose from),
4. no. of faculty members per student or vice versa (more faculty means better capability of focussing on individuals),
5. type of applicants (demographic),
6. average work experience of faculty (experience being equated to knowledge of field's practicalities),
7. average experience of students (more experienced students means more employability of graduates),
8. amenities provided for education (library size implies easy access to in-depth information for more research),
9. sports amenities (scope of scholarship applicants where sports scholarship is given),
10. amenities provided for students staying on campus (ease of student access to campus),
11. amenities provided for faculty stay on campus (on-campus faculty will cater to additional student coaching requirements thus improving overall batch performance),
12. Social outreach of education (family income spectrum of students. showcases intellectual nature of college)
13. Online education facilities (online education improves access to knowledge for remote students thus improving international relevance of institute) ,
14. category of internship companies or groups (some groups are renown for the ilk of their membership),
15. no. of patents applied for and received by technical/ scientific departments and speciliations (rich intellectual property means a better institute as it nurtures new thought),
16. no. of research papers published by faculties (metric of intellectual superiority of faculty),
17. no. of research papers published by students (metric of intellectual nourishment provided by college),
18. average income of placed students (shows monetary success of curriculum as a parameter for investors in students' education usually parents),
19. Further education placement of graduating students,
20. Mean Percentage and percentile of students if the college is affiliated. Looses relevance for autonomous institutes as they will have varying degrees of ease and difficulty depending on specialization needs and availability,
21. etc.

These are a sample list of parameters which would form the basis for score cards to be used to evaluate colleges.