PROFILE OF THE EGRESS STUDENT IN THE ADMINISTRATION COURSE IN THE DISTANCE EDUCATION MODE AND ITS PERCEPTIONS OF QUALITY - A REALITY OF A PRIVATE INSTITUTION OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL/BRASIL

The present study intends to know the academic profile of the undergraduate student in the course of Administration in the modality of distance learning and their perceptions of quality, through a case study in the one of a Private Higher Education Institution in the state of RS. The research was carried out in the group of the EaD Administration graduates of the year 2015. It is an exploratory, quantitative research, and to collect the data a questionnaire was applied through a non-probabilistic sampling for convenience and a total of 35 graduating students from 2015. The analysis of the data was done with the help of Gretl statistical software. The main results show that the majority of the students (61%) are female, that only 2% of those surveyed do not have any form of work and considers themselves only a student, that 38% of respondents have somehow managed to improve their professional status with the course under analysis and still 78% chose the distance learning modality due to the flexibility of the schedule and that 80% would recommend the course to a friend.