Examining the relationship between the accreditation of engineering programmes and institutional performance - Supplementary Material

Supplementary data for journal paper "Examining the relationship between the accreditation of engineering programmes and institutional performance"

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between Engineering Programme Accreditation (EPA) and Institutional Performance (IP) using perceptual measures. Two IP dimensions have been explored to test this relationship: graduate employability and student retention and attrition.
Design/methodology/approach: This quantitative research is based on the perceptions of 211 academic staff holding a range of positions within 15 Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) located in the Gulf Cooperation Council countries (GCC). Linear regression was used to test the relationships in the data.
Findings: The empirical analyses proved that EPA has a statistically significant positive relationship with the IP dimensions: graduate employability, student retention and attrition.

Data consists of three tables showing (1) Accredited and unaccredited engineering programmes; (2) Response rate for GCC HEIs; (3) Survey items

期刊论文《工程专业认证与院校绩效关系探究》补充数据。
研究目的：本研究旨在通过感知测度探究工程专业认证（Engineering Programme Accreditation）与院校绩效（Institutional Performance）之间的关联。为验证该关联，本研究选取两大院校绩效维度：毕业生就业能力与学生留存及退学率。
研究设计与方法：本项定量研究基于海湾合作委员会（Gulf Cooperation Council）成员国15所高等教育机构（Higher Education Institutions）内211名不同职级学术人员的感知反馈，采用线性回归方法对数据中的关联进行检验。
研究发现：实证分析结果证实，工程专业认证与两大院校绩效维度（毕业生就业能力、学生留存及退学率）均呈现统计学意义上显著的正向关联。
数据集说明：本数据集包含三张表格，分别为：(1) 已认证与未认证工程专业清单；(2) 海湾合作委员会成员国高等教育机构问卷回收率；(3) 调研问卷条目。