Tertiary education in Colombia : paving the way for reform.

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Washington, D.C. : World Bank, 2003.
Series:World Bank country study.
World Bank e-Library.
Subjects:
Education, Higher > Colombia.
Professional education > Colombia.
Educational change > Colombia.
Enseignement supérieur > Colombie.
Enseignement professionnel > Colombie.
Enseignement > Réforme > Colombie.
EDUCATION > Higher.
Education, Higher
Educational change
Professional education
Hoger onderwijs.
Onderwijsvernieuwing.
Financiering.
Colombia
Education -- > Colombia
Secondary education -- > Colombia
Educational reform -- > Colombia
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 1. The Current Status of the Tertiary Education System in Colombia
  • The Students
  • The Providers
  • System Governance and Management
  • Quality Assurance
  • Academic Personnel
  • Enrollment: Unprecedented Expansion in the mid 1990s
  • Disciplines: Under-Investment in Technical Education
  • Programs: Biased Towards Undergraduate
  • A Struggling Science and Technology Sector
  • A Nascent Internationalization of Colombian Tertiary Education
  • 2. Economic Issues and Perspectives
  • Increasing External Efficiency
  • A Segmented Market for Tertiary Education
  • Funding a Selective and Efficient Public Sector
  • Filling the Vacancies in the Private Sector
  • Inadequate Student Aid
  • 3. Strategies and Recommendations for Tertiary Education in Colombia
  • Annex I. The Colombian Tertiary Education System: Problems and Challenges
  • Annex II. Institutional Analysis of the Tertiary Education Sector
  • Annex III. Quality Assurance in Colombia
  • Annex IV. Science and Technology: Status and Perspective
  • Annex V. Colombian Higher Education in the Global Market
  • Annex VI. Economic Perspectives of Tertiary Education
  • Annex VII. Reforming Student Financial Aid: Issues and Alternatives.

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