Evaluation of Higher Education: an Overview from Latin America
by Daniela Belén Nasif, Héctor R. Gertel, Ana Vianco, Jaime Flórez-Bolaños, Marco Aguilera-Prado, Josu Ahedo Ruiz, Deivi Fernando Ladino Camargo, William Perdomo Rodríguez, César Barona-Ríos, Ofmara Y. Zúñiga-Hernández, Mabel Osnaya Moreno, Milena Hernández-Rodríguez
Description
This work covers a view of higher education evaluation in three parts. In the first part econometric constructions are shown to relate: i) private tutoring to student performance; ii) dropout to financial returns; and iii) education mode to results in specific competencies. The second part includes two justifica- tions to differentiate evaluation of virtual education. The third part examines: i) the relationship between the strengthening of faculty and the improvement of higher education quality; and ii) regulatory and descriptive aspects of dual degree programs, dual program and joint program. The following results are highlighted: i) the weak relationship between tutoring and academic performance; ii) the differences of the financial effect of dropout among programs; iii) the impact of education mode on the development of competencies; iv) the need to include the role of teacher, curricular structures, and the relationship among participants as elements of the evaluation of virtual education; v) the need to revise the objectives of virtual education to align them with evaluation aspects of higher education; vi) the weak relationship between faculty improvement and improvements in other areas of higher education; and vii) the positive effect of dual degree programs for their internationalization.
More Information
Augustinian University Press
The Augustinian University Press concentrates its efforts in the publication of research books, textbooks, and dissemination books as a result of permanent calls that intend to receive and review monographs and research chapters. The Press permanently works to guarantee content quality published under its editorial stamp and also to be recognized among the academic community as a reliable source of scholarly publishing in Augustinian Studies, Education (from all levels), Humanities, Social Sciences, and Arts and Culture. Since its creation in 2017, the Press research books have been already accepted and indexed in important databases such as the Book Citation Index and the Directory of Open Access Books (DOAB). This experience has strengthened our editorial processes and the permanent identification of current editing and science communication tendencies. The Press also promotes net working to publish new editorial projects between our researchers and external scholars; we do believe this is one of the most important strategies to make our institution and scholars more visible.
View all titlesBibliographic Information
- Publisher Augustinian University Press
- Publication Date November 2017
- Orginal LanguageSpanish
- ISBN/Identifier 9789585639539
- Publication Country or regionColombia
- FormatPaperback
- Primary Price 560 USD
- Pages360
- ReadershipProfessional and Scholarly
- Publish StatusPublished
- Original Language TitleSpanish
- Original Language AuthorsSpanish
- Edition1
- Copyright Year2017
- Dimensions15 x 23 cm
Augustinian University Press has chosen to review this offer before it proceeds.
You will receive an email update that will bring you back to complete the process.
You can also check the status in the My Offers area
Please wait while the payment is being prepared.
Do not close this window.