Transparência de informações on-line disponibilizadas pelos Institutos e Universidades Públicas do Rio Grande do Sul

Abstract

Electronic portals are mechanisms widely used in Higher Education Institutions (HEI), as they allow the sharing of data and information to the entire population and not just the academic community. These portals are considered ways that make it possible to organize information properly, objectively and facilitate the administration and institutional management. Thus, this study was conducted to determine the transparency present in the electronic portals of the Rio Grande do Sul Public HEIs using the Federal Universities Disclosure Index (IndexDUF). This metric aims to determine the transparency index present in Federal Institutes and Universities through eleven categories of analysis. This was quantitative descriptive research, through a single cross-sectional study to identify the presence or absence of IndexDUF components in the eleven analyzed HEIs. It was possible to identify the presence and absence of information in institutional portals, of which the most widespread category for all public higher education institutions was related to academic activities (extension), which achieved an overall average of disclosure of 90.91%. Besides, the category most publicized by Federal Institutes (FIs) corresponds to Electronic Participation and the most publicized by Federal Universities (FUs) is related to Academic Activities (extension). The categories least disclosed by the HEI were related to the Characteristics of Financial Information and Social Responsibility Information. In the Federal Institutes, the categories with the lowest transparency indices were the categories of academic activities (teaching), characteristics of financial information and information on social responsibility. The latter was the least disclosed, with an average of 44.44%. In Federal Universities, the least disclosed categories are related to the Characteristics of Financial Information and Social Responsibility Information with a disclosure percentage of 70.83%. The institution with the highest level of disclosure found was UFFS, indicating an average percentage of 89.19% and the institution with the lowest level of disclosure found was UERGS, which indicated only 69.82% of transparency. It was concluded that none of the 11 institutions is 100% transparent and that the maximum number of items disclosed was 128 items (UFFS). Besides, Federal Institutes indicate lower transparency (75.99%) in their electronic portals than Federal Universities (82.62%),10 however, all HEIs disclose at least 97 of the 139 items that are part of IndexDUF.