Service Quality Dimensionality in Higher Education Institutions (HEIs): An Analytical Approach from Students' Perspective

Objective Of The Study

Identifying ‘net effects’, other relevant distinctions which are addressed by the questions posed by Pascarella and Terenzini in their latest volume are: how far changes are differentially related to the kind of institution attended (‘between-college’ effects), how far changes are related to differences in the student experience within any given institution (‘within-college’ effects), whether changes are differentially shaped by individual student characteristics (‘conditional’ effects), and whether the effects of higher education are durable (‘long-term’ effects). These are important distinctions that need to be made in discussions about the impacts of higher education. The ‘net effects’ of higher education, i.e. those changes in students which can actually be attributed to the influence of higher education the evidence supporting the net impact of higher education on learning and cognition, moral development, career and economic returns is more expansive and consistent than the evidence concerning changes in attitudes, values and psychosocial characteristics. The individual SQ factors that influence customer’s perception as well as the relative importance of these influencing factors and weighting are the source of their perceptions. This research aims an analytical approach of service quality of the HEI’s in three districts i.e. Madurai, Virudhunagar and Tirunelveli of Tamil Nadu, one of the southern states of India, to correlate performed service quality with their satisfaction and to study the influence of the both in the customer evaluation of the HEI’s customers, Thereby the study suggest to improve their service quality to retain their customers. The research includes development of scale to measure the expectation and perceived service quality, overall satisfaction and a scale to measure the future customer evaluation of the HEI’s customers. Accordingly, the objectives of the study are:

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  To measure service quality of HEI’s service provider;

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  To analyse important factors of quality assessment in HEI’s service provider;

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  To identify differences of the student perception on the service quality based on their demographic factors and SQ dimensions;

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  To recommend which area(s) that needs for improvement.