1Universidad de las Fuerzas Armadas ESPE. Email: laarmijos@espe.edu.ec
Higher education (institutes, universities and other institutions) seeks, above all, to fulfill its three substantive functions: teaching, research, and linkage with society; the control bodies are always auditing their work. State budgets also depend a lot on compliance with standards at the country level, and on the quality of higher education centers. For this reason, it is of utmost importance to determine the most important key success factors, at the system level. The objective of this research is to analyze from the theoretical-empirical point of view the key success factors of public higher education in the province of Pichincha, through the structural analysis of one of its most representative universities: the University of the Armed Forces ESPE. This task will be achieved by analysing the conceptual framework of the prospective method known as structural analysis or MIC MAC. The results of the application of such a prospective tool will allow the design of strategies, as an input to the decision-making of the directors of the same, to improve its competitiveness, educational quality and social impact.
Keywords: Strategic foresight, structural analysis, MIC-MAC, Public higher education.
How to cite this article: Adalid ARL, María Belén TH, Patricio CP, Alfredo TTL, Neptalí RGO. Key Success Factors for Public Higher Education: Structural Analysis. Int J Drug Deliv Technol. 2026;16(16s): 106-119. DOI: 10.25258/ijddt.16.16s.12
Source of support: Nil.
Conflict of interest: None