Current Situation and Needs of Research Management Evaluation among Private Universities

Abstract

This study was conducted to examine current situation and needs of research management evaluation and compare the needs of research management evaluation among private universities. The samples were the research management administrators of 10 private universities. The research instrument was the questionnaires according to evaluated elements as 1) objectives of assessment 2) object focus 3) evaluators 4) evaluation method 5) indicators of evaluation 6) evaluation criteria and 7) feedback. The research instrument was Likert rating scale questionnaire. The statistical analysis employed was mean, standard deviation and interpreted as the criteria for the current situation analysis and needs. The comparison of difference between the needs and current situation used Paired t-test. The findings revealed that the current situation of the research management evaluation had the moderate level and the needs of evaluation was wholly rated as high level. According to the comparison of the difference between the needs and current situations found that the  needs  was higher than the current situation with the statistical significance at  0.01 in all elements, except the 6^th element which was evaluation criteria of system and other mechanism.