A Eficácia do Ensino Superior Agrário Português: Realidade ou Ficção?

Abstract

The geographical distribution of the Portuguese agriculture higher education institutions embraces the whole national territory. This way, the regions development is assured if these institutions are effective. To assess the organizational effectiveness of these institutions, it was conducted a survey that involves the use of 63 indicators, 9 criteria and 3 organizational effectiveness domains. The results show that the  effectiveness  levels  in the different domains are, globally,  acceptable.  ln the academical domain, the universities are less effective than polytechnics. ln spite of that, the differences are not, statistically, significant. ln the moral domain, the Polytechnic lnstitutes are more effective than the Universities and, besides, the differences are, statistically, significant. Finally, in the external adaptation domain, the situation is inverted because the Universities are more effective than the Polytechnic lnstitutes. ln this case, the differences are not, statistically, significant.