Student vacancy code and the higher education system: definition, specification and operationalization of an informational model

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5007/1983-4535.2022.e85526

Keywords:

Instituições de Ensino Superior, Código de Vaga Discente, Modelagem de Dados, Especificação Computacional

Abstract

The control over student vacancies still remains an untheorized subject in higher education institutions (HEI). Such issue promotes a lack of mechanisms to adequately describe and manage the availability and occupancy of vacancies in undergraduate courses. This design science research characterizes that issue as a specific class of problems and focuses on the proposition, description and validation of an artifact denominated student vacancy code (SVC). The article provides the SVC’s conceptual definition, its operationalization in the HEI organizational routine, the generic specification of a computational implementation of the concept, and the discussion of potential application in undergraduate decision making and management.

Author Biographies

Pedro Jácome de Moura Júnior, UFPB

Doutor em Administração

Universidade Federal da Paraíba (UFPB)

Departamento de Administração

Francisco José da Costa, UFPB

Doutor em Administração

Universidade Federal da Paraíba (UFPB)

Departamento de Administração

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