Background of learning gain in higher education

empirical evidence for administration courses in Brazil

Abstract

Over the last two decades, the expansion of higher education has intensified the debate on methodologies for evaluating the education system. The expansion is alleged to have come at a high cost in terms of the quality of learning. As a result of the pressure for better results provided by Higher Education Institutions (HEIs), the learning gain came to be considered a potential metric for the quality of teaching. In quantitative research, considering data from 1408 undergraduate courses in Administration in Brazil, in the evaluation cycles of 2015 and 2018, a statistical model was adjusted to verify how the organizational resources affect students' learning gain. The results showed that physical and human capital resources had a positive effect on learning gain.