There a trend toward the evaluation of higher education in many countries, taking into account institutional management and student performance. In Brazil, the topic has been debated for some time with concrete evaluation experiences recently. Federal Universities (IFES) are evaluated through management indexes proposed by TCU (Federal Court of Audit). Meanwhile, students are evaluated by ENADE (National Examination of Student Performance). In a certain way, management indexes may be additional instruments for IFES management. The purpose of this work is analyzing possible relations between management indexes and students' performance at ENADE. We have analyzed a sample of 52 IFES in the period 2006-2008. Results signal that, indeed, some management indexes seem to be able to influence students' performance. This is the case, for example, of the cost by student that has shown a positive effect on students' performance.
Federal Universities; Management indexes; Students' performance at ENANDE
