University community’s insight on the 2022 self-auditing at the National Polytechnic University

Abstract

Introduction: According to Law 704, Nicaraguan Higher Education Institutions carry out self-auditing processes for continuous perfection. Objective: To analyze the university community’s insight on the self-auditing of minimum quality at the National Polytechnic University, fundamental for the institutional accreditation process. Method: The quantitative approach was used, of the non-experimental and exploratory cross-sectional type, a simple random sample of 91 surveyed out of 105 participants, with a 96% of trust and a 4% of margin of error. Results: The participation, the institutional commitment to implement the recommendations and the authorities’ leadership during the process are rated as “Very High” by 74%, 69% and 68% of the respondents respectively. Likewise, it is noteworthy that 39% of them state that the priority resource to strengthen is human, followed by technological resources at 31%. Conclusion: The perception of the university community about the process was very high, highlighting as strength a great level of commitment of the collaborators, the leadership of the authorities and high technical accuracy. As an opportunity for improvement, feedback on the process is presented, demonstrating progress in the implementation of recommendations and enhancing human talent and technological resources.